Re: My Computer won't boot!
From: Jean (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 06/23/04
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Date: Wed, 23 Jun 2004 00:03:26 -0700
I am following this thread with interest because I have
almost the exact same problem... I tried to install a
critical update packet thing and now my computer won't
start up. It goes into an endless loop of crashing and
trying to start. yes I tried f8 and "last known good
configuraton" and they all do the same thing. One of the
options under f8 does something a little different -
directory repair mode?
checking file system on D:
volume is clean
checking file system on E:
volume is clean
checking file system on C:
volume is clean
windows has finished checking the disk
...then it crashes and goes into the endless loop.
It may help to know that the computer in question is a
japanese sony vaio with japanese xp installed alongside
the english version (when I bought it I had the seller
install the english xp and he also partitioned the hard
drive... I don't fully understand it but I have had a C
drive and a D drive in the english xp. The D had been
close to full when I tried to install the update.
None of my pictures of my daughter are backed up - I
stand to lose 2 years of her pictures - today is her 3d
birthday.
I'm grateful for any help!
>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
>Have you had a look at the following article:
>
>"How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry That Prevents
Windows XP from
>Starting"
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
US;q307545
>
>--
>
>Will Denny
>MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>Please reply to the News Groups
>
>
>"Mark" <Mark@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
>news:E8F9CCB9-C2C7-4F21-80CE-
FE5234F2E78D@microsoft.com...
>| I have a major problem with my HP desktop with Windows
XP Profesisonal.
>The computer is 2 years old and I never had a problem
with it. Today I was
>using it and it all of a sudden crashed while doing
Windows Update. I had to
>shut it off manually. When I went to boot it up again,
it gave me an error
>message after the blue HP screen went on. "Windows XP
could not start
>because the following file is missing or corrupt:
>\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM. Insert XP recovery CD
and then push r." I
>did all of that to no success. I ran CHKDSK and it
wasn't able to complete
>the test due to a disk error. I followed the
instructions under aricle
>#307545 but I got "access denied" after entering those
commands. I even
>tried the bootcfg repair and it said it wasn't able to
complete it. What
>other options can I use to correct this? I don't want to
restore because I
>have pictures and documents that hard drive that I need.
I don't have a
>backup that contains all of these files. Please help! I
am in a panic!!!
>Thanks!
>| --
>| Mark
>
>.
>
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