Re: Restoring CLSID folder

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From: S.Sengupta (ssengupta__at_msn.com)
Date: 10/20/04 

Date: Wed, 20 Oct 2004 06:57:32 +0530

How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from
starting
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545

Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q315341

regards,
ssg MS-MVP
pronetworks.org
Jono wrote:

> Hi,
>
> i have basically the same problem as an earlier post in that i deleted the
> whole CLSID folder from the registry instead of ceratin files within whilst
> trying to get rid of a virus. This means that my compute will not start up.
> It gets to the blue screen with the XP logo and that is it.
>
> I can not get into safe mode, so from what i have read, i have to get into
> the recovery console to repair the registry. My problem is, once i get to
> the recovery concole, i don't exactly know what i am supposed to do or what
> commands i need to type.
>
> Can anyone help me out?
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
> Jono

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