RE: Registry Recovery message when booting windows

From: Bob Qin [MSFT] (bobqin_at_online.microsoft.com)
Date: 10/04/04 

Date: Mon, 04 Oct 2004 06:25:22 GMT

Hi Robert,

Thank you for posting here.

The issue can be caused that the some registry keys on the computer were
damaged. To restore registry keys, the best way is to reinstall Windows XP
to completely any conflict at one time.

However, before doing Windows XP reinstallation, let¡¯s perform the
following steps to see if we can restore registry keys:

Note: Please create a system restore point before doing the following steps:

1. Make sure you have set your CD-ROM as the first priority boot device.
You may refer to your computer manual for information on how to do this.

2. Insert the Windows XP CD into your CD-ROM and reboot your computer.

3. When you see "Press any key to boot from CD" on the screen, press a key
to let your computer boot from the Windows XP CD.

4. When the computer boots from the CD-ROM, it checks your hardware and
then prompts you with the following options.

*To set up Windows XP now, press ENTER
*To repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.
*To quit Setup without installing Windows XP, press F3.

5. Please press R to Enter the Recovery Console.

6. Type 1 to choose the first operating system and type in the password for
the Administrator account. Press Enter.

Note: If you did not set the "Administrator" password in the Windows XP
installation process, please press Enter directly.

7. You will find the C:\WINDOWS prompt.

8. Type in the following command to replace the corrupt files:

cd system32

cd config

ren system system.old

ren software software.old

ren security security.old

copy \windows\repair\software

copy \windows\repair\system

copy \windows\repair\security

exit

9. Reboot the computer and then try again.

Have a nice day!

Regards,
Bob Qin
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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      From: "Robert" <nospam@nospam.com>
      Subject: Registry Recovery message when booting windows
      Date: Sun, 3 Oct 2004 08:07:48 -0500
      Newsgroups: microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support
       
      Occasionally, I get a warning message right after I boot my system.
The
      heading is "Windows - Registry Recovery". The message is "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."
      
      This seems like a problem. Can someone tell me what is happening?
      
      I have Windows XP Home updated with SP2. I think the system is clean.
      
      Thanks, Robert
      
      
      

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