Re: XP Home Boot Loop

If that fails, I'm afraid I have to say you will save more lost time just scalping the data. That technique should work, if any will.

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"ezman604" <ezman604@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:3302CF8E-4081-4950-B939-91C1DCE3DB41@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Well, going from bad to worse on this one.
I followed the procedures on the link you gave to recover from a corrupt
registry. I've done this procedure before. I took the first set of commands
and created a .txt file and ran the batch regcopy1.txt like it says. Then
you're supposed to reboot and go under Safe mode and look for the folder
where the restore points are stashed. However, after running the first batch
and exiting repair, system reboots and gives the message:
Windows can not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

"Mark L. Ferguson" wrote:

I suspect the registry is so damaged that the repair offer is not possible.
This article goes into a repair try that may make data recovery easier,
anyway. You may even find a restore point this way.

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry -config-system:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q307545
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