Recovery of files on unbootable XP box

From: JC (JC_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/24/04 

Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 10:22:36 -0800

Having removed some spyware from registry I find that my XP-professional OS
will now not boot. To my knowledge all files are still OK, I just can't
access them. Safe mode etc does not do it. Computer gets stuck on " starting
windows XP " dialogue screen.

I have OEM installation CD and have tried the Recovery Console when booting
from the CD, this gives me a version of DOS ( I believe ) but it does not
seem to allow me to navigate outside the windows directory.

Does anyone know what best course of action is ? All I want to do basically
is makes sure I save some files that are in my documents and on the desktop.
Then I can re-install the whole thing.

Advice is appreciated

Relevant Pages

  • Re: Final Report Vundo
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    (microsoft.public.windowsxp.configuration_manage)
  • Re: How to fix broken security in Windows 2000?
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    (microsoft.public.win2000.windows_update)
  • Re: How to fix broken security in Windows 2000?
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    (microsoft.public.windowsupdate)
  • Re: How to fix broken security in Windows 2000?
    ... My Japanese is far from perfect, but I'll try to describe it ... During the boot, a popup window appears. ... This is a relatively recent spyware issue, ... run the registry editor ...
    (microsoft.public.security)
  • Re: How to fix broken security in Windows 2000?
    ... My Japanese is far from perfect, but I'll try to describe it ... During the boot, a popup window appears. ... This is a relatively recent spyware issue, ... run the registry editor ...
    (microsoft.public.win2000.security)