Recovery console not working

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Is there an alternative to recovery console? It crashes actually inside
recovery console with "REGISTRY_ERROR" before you get a chance to fix
it. When attempting to boot normally, the System registry is declared
corrupt. Last Known Good doesn't work, or any other options.

To complicate matters further, it is a SATA drive off a VIA RAID
controller using NTFS, so a windows 98 boot disk isn't much use.

Christian.

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  • Re: Unmountable Boot Volume AND Session3 Initialization Failed
    ... I choose 'Start Windows Normally' and the Windows Logo Boot screen appears and simulate loading the OS as it always has before my system crashed. ... When I boot to that slipstreamed Windows XP Install CD, I do not receive any prompts from PGP nor do I have to login. ... So, effectively, you are in a catch 22 situation, you cannot remove encryption unless you boot with the hard disk yet you need to boot to the CD to run the Recovery Console but the RC cannot do anything on the encrypted disk. ...
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  • Re: Unmountable Boot Volume AND Session3 Initialization Failed
    ... When I boot up my laptop as usual, it gives me BIOS options and then the PGP ... When I boot to that slipstreamed Windows XP Install CD, ... I'm able to get to the Recovery Console. ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)
  • Re: Unmountable Boot Volume AND Session3 Initialization Failed
    ... PGP encryption puts a 'hook' in the MBR, when you boot the hard disk the MBR hook runs a programs that presents you with the PGP screen so that you may unlock the disk. ... If no then the disk remains encrypted and there is diddly squat that you will be able to do with the Recovery Console. ... The next best thing would be to install PGP on another computer and then mount the disk on that installation and then see if you can unlock the disk or remove the encryption on the disk from the other Windows installation. ... aren't any drives installed on the system. ...
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  • Re: boot up problem
    ... I have had problems with my CD/DVD drives not working, ... Can I make a bootable Recovery Console CD from it? ... If you can only boot in some kind of Safe Mode, ... You can make a bootable Recovery Console CD by downloading an ISO file ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)
  • Re: Wont boot to a login or past that screen.
    ... If you have access to a bootable XP installation CD, ... Make a bootable CD with RC on it and then run chkdsk /r. ... You can make a bootable Recovery Console CD by downloading an ISO file ...
    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.general)