Re: System's Registry data problem

I guess "All's well that ends well" is about all we can say here. ;-)

You're welcome and have great day.

thyde9337 wrote:

To Fredw and Bob I: Thank you for your replies. The problem is now healed, but I cannot tell you how this was achieved because I have tried various strategies, such as clearing unnecessary files/folders, running security sweeps and updating drivers. I tried to use the memtest program but had great difficulty in copying to disk using Nero, and when it ran, it only seemed to carry out one sweep of the RAM and then seemed to go to sleep. I could not hear the CD rotating and was unable to determine how the program should operate because no help details appeared. After spending several hours trying to unravel it I gave up. One other strategy was to boot up using a backup disk that I made a few weeks ago. Any of these strategies or all of them seemed to cure the problem. Thank you again.

"Bob I" wrote:


I think maybe you want to run a memory tester on this.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=memtest86+download&aq=2&oq=memt

thyde9337 wrote:


To Kelly: Thank you for your assistance: I tried your advice several times and the problem became intermittent, sometimes the message would appear on boot-up and sometimes there was no problem. I have also reloaded the backup created by the Maxtor cloning program (Acronis I believe) and for a few days the message has not appeared.

There is still a problem with the Registry because I cannot run Registry Mechanic, which I have used in the past, or Regcure. Both of these programs stall part way through, the screen goes black and does not recover or give an error message. If I run Registry Mechanic in Safe Mode the program again stalls but produces the message "PAGE_FAULT_IN_NONPAGED_AREA" and tells me to check any new software or hardware.

I have also tried restoring to an earlier date without success and also used Dial-a-Fix to check for any Windows faults - no success there either.

There is just one other strategy I am considering. I bought a new Maxtor hard disk a few months ago and cloned the contents of my old C: drive to it. I still have the old drive but it is not installed in the computer, I am considering re-formatting the new disk and cloning the old C: drive on to it again. If I do repeat the cloning process I will report back with the results. Thank you again for your help.


"Kelly" wrote:



Logon to another account with admin privilege and run System Restore.
Choose the most recent restore point and SR should restore the user
hives.

Or...

Boot into safe mode and log in as Administrator. Copy ntuser.dat from %windir%\repair to "Documents and Settings\[your user id]". Now do a system restore to a point in time prior to when the corruption message began to appear.

Or...

Relocate NTUserdat

Look in HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows
NT\CurrentVersion\ProfileList and find the profile you want to change and then change ProfileImagePath to the ntuser.dat folder that you want to use. You must manually copy or move the ntuser.dat file there.

Corrupt Hive
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_sys32.htm

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307545

Recovering XP using the Recover Console (Line 333) Right hand side:
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_tweaks.htm


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All the Best and Happy Holidays,
Kelly (MS-MVP/DTS&XP)

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"thyde9337" <thyde9337@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:08F3CF86-54AB-48A3-836A-F68A30070F76@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx


I have been seeing the following error message every time I boot my Dell
Dimension 4500 computer:

"One of the files containing the System's Registry data had to be recovered
by use of a log or alternate copy. The recovery was successful."

I have tried booting-up from the system backup CD but sometimes the message
returns again. Mostly the computer continues to function correctly but
occasionally it stops and the screen goes black. I can only recover by
switching-off the system and re-booting. Please can anyone suggest any
reasons for this message?

thyde9337

My system: Dimension 4500, 2.53GHz processor, 1024Mb, XP, 160Gb hard disk,
80Gb hard disk, Roxio CD R/RW, Blueyonder Broadband & LAN, Dell Photo
All-in-One printer. Iomega 500Gb hard disk




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