Re: Corrupted NTFS needs reformat - how to preserve windows installation

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Hi Martin:

I can you take a look to C:\WINDOWS\repair you will find a copy of the
reguistry. Check the dates of the files for security, software, system and
SAM. They are copies of your registry. If you copy and restore them later in
a new windows xp instalation, you will have the computer registry at that
date.

Take a look:

How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from
starting
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/en-us

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Un saludo
Juan Perez


"Martin T." <0xCDCDCDCD@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hi all,

SHORT:
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How do I preserve a Windows XP sp2 installation (registry, drivers,
installed programs) when I want to reformat my C: drive, without using a
disk cloning tool??

LONG:
My C: NTFS partition went bad when a power outage occurred during
shutdown. Now, when XP tries to boot I get a UNMOUNTABLE_BOOT_VOLUME blue
screen.
Booting to the recovery console and running chkdsk /P will result in
chkdsk telling me that there are unrecoverable errors on C: (In fact, the
recovery console won't even dir the contents of the C: drive.
So far so bad.
When I access the NTFS volume (read only) from my Linux boot option, I can
see that basically all data on there is intact and accessible (read only).
(Checked with a few images and zip files -- assuming that most other stuff
would also be correct.)

Now, as I see this, since CHKDSK refuses to repair the volume I will have
to reformat (I can get all data I need off it.)

What would also be great be when I'd be able to preserve my Windows
Install.

I can't use a Clone Program since these will copy at the partition level
and so I guess will just replicate the broken NFTS structure. (-> ??)

Is there a way to preserve my old registry etc. ??


thanks!
-Martin-


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