Re: unable to boot laptop

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"Terry" <ryedavey@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Pegasus (MVP)" <I.can@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Terry" <ryedavey@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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The name of the system registry file is "System" and it resides in
c:\Windows\System32. When following the manual restore procedure, did
you actually overwrite the pre-existing file
"c:\Windows\System32\System" with the one you found in the "System
Volume Information" folder? Did you notice that it exists there under
a different name?

I'm asking because you report that you noticed no difference.

No I didn't overwrite system file as according to the instructions for
the manual recovery I would need to have the computer up and running
so I can use windows explorer or am I reading it wrong?
Part 1 - copy & del files
Part 2 -start computer in safe mode
I completed part 1 and it still did not start in safe mode .


Terry,

Please describe what happened exactly.

Presumably, you pressed the F8 key and got the menu of options. Once you
selected the Safe Mode option and pressed Enter, what happened?

And this part is for Pegasus:

Can you please parse the following:

<quote>
To complete the procedure described in this section, you must be logged
on as an administrator, or an administrative user (a user who has an
account in the Administrators group). If you are using Windows XP Home
Edition, you can log on as an administrative user. If you log on as an
administrator, you must first start Windows XP Home Edition in Safe
mode.
</quote>

I know that XP Pro has different shades of admin capability, but I'm
running XP Home and I see only two types of users: Computer
Administrator and Limited. Obviously if one logs on with the built-in
Capital-A Administrator account, one needs to use Safe Mode. But how
about using regular mode and a user account that is of the Computer
Administrator type? If that's doable, the above instructions should be
changed:

"Administrator" [with a Capital A!} should replace "an administrator".
The "an" confuses things!

Or is Safe Mode necessary for *all* users of XP Home in this situation?
If that's the case, then the instructions should read:

"If you are using Windows XP Home Edition, you can log on as an
administrative user, but you must first start Windows XP Home Edition in
Safe mode."


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