Re: Missing or Corrupt file
- From: "Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 10:42:16 -0400
Hi,
Options given under #1 will be to repair the existing installation (a
"repair" install or "in place upgrade"). While this may repair the damaged
registry, it will also revert the system back to the original installed
service pack level and you will need to redo all of the windows updates
since its release. Installed software may need to be reinstalled as well.
Option #2, if it's giving you the Recovery Console, is the way to go as this
is simply a manner of replacing the damaged registry files with a recent
backup.
--
Best of Luck,
Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
"Soliton" <Soliton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:C7B10B5D-D8D2-4C1A-8717-3BF19026A5D1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> Found an article which seems to suggest I will get the option for a repair
> install once I initiate "setup Windows XP" (i.e. option 1). Decisions,
> decisions - which way to go! --- option 1 and potentially wipe my data or
> option 2 and potentially lock my user access out :-(
>
> --
> Soliton
>
>
> "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> Try option #2, as if it loads the Recovery Console you should simply be
>> able
>> to follow the steps outlined in the KB article.
>>
>> --
>> Best of Luck,
>>
>> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>>
>> "Soliton" <Soliton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:08BAF77A-6BAB-4C90-AD47-B73A617AE76F@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> > Hi,
>> >
>> > Thanks for the reply. The setup disk gives me three options. 1)
>> > "...setup
>> > windows XP...." 2) repair using the recovery console 3) quit. Not sure
>> > about
>> > the first one. Bit wary to try its as it may proceed to do a clean
>> > install
>> > and may not give me the option of a reapir install, or does it? At
>> > least
>> > if I
>> > can't find any other way I can try the procedure in the article.
>> >
>> > --
>> > Soliton
>> >
>> >
>> > "Rick "Nutcase" Rogers" wrote:
>> >
>> >> Hi,
>> >>
>> >> The sad truth is that the OEM installation is not recoverable in the
>> >> same
>> >> fashion as a retail version due to the changes the OEM makes to the
>> >> operating system, and this is why the warning is there. The only way
>> >> out
>> >> of
>> >> the corrupt registry is the way described in the article. Otherwise
>> >> you
>> >> will
>> >> need to do a repair installation or a parallel installation, and these
>> >> may
>> >> or may not be provided for in the OEM system recovery disks. If they
>> >> are
>> >> not, then try the procedure in the article, as it may be the only
>> >> chance
>> >> you
>> >> have. OEM's limit their support time by reverting to the "format &
>> >> install
>> >> clean" theory rather than spending time fixing problems. If you don't
>> >> have a
>> >> disk capable of generating the Recovery Console, try the boot
>> >> floppies.
>> >>
>> >> Using the WinXP Boot floppy set:
>> >> http://www.rickrogers.org/fixes.htm#Boot%20floppy
>> >>
>> >> --
>> >> Best of Luck,
>> >>
>> >> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
>> >> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>> >> Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone
>> >> www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>> >> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>> >>
>> >> "Soliton" <Soliton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
>> >> news:CAD2A26E-ED94-4D46-AD6A-176F922A0EC2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> >> >I am getting a error on startup saying that there is a missing or
>> >> >corrupt
>> >> > system file \windows\system32\config\system . I have had a hunt
>> >> > around
>> >> > the
>> >> > forums and supports pages and I always seem to end up being pointed
>> >> > at
>> >> > article 307545. which would be great oother than I have an OEM
>> >> > version
>> >> > installed and it says not to use the procedure in that case.
>> >> >
>> >> > Any help would be welcome.
>> >> >
>> >> > PS: I don't want to do anything which will result in lost of user
>> >> > data.
>> >> > --
>> >> > Soliton
>> >>
>> >>
>> >>
>>
>>
>>
.
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