Re: Missing or Corrupt file
- From: "Rick \"Nutcase\" Rogers" <rick@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2005 10:43:31 -0400
Hi,
Everything you do with a system carries with it the potential of losing
data, the warning is simply there as a reminder of this.
--
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:68CD38EC-E796-44B6-ACE0-4342368990FE@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi,
>
> I have investigated a bit further about the repair install. There is a
> warning in article 312369 about possibly loosing data. One of the options
> to
> prevent this is to download the latest SP. The PC is already running SP2
> so
> will this be o.k. or should I delete the Undo_guimode.txt file anyway. If
> I
> do delete it what effect will it have once this problem is resolved?
>
> --
> 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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