Re: WindowsXP Service Pack 3: Has completely crashed my system

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"TaurArian" <taurarianREMOVECAPS@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Is it too late for this ?

How to remove Windows XP Service Pack 3 from your computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/950249

I'm not at all sure that that would restore the damaged registry. The
procedures to copy the backup hives and run System Restore would likely
still be required.

HTH
-pk


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"Nepatsfan" <nepatsfan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Answered inline.
|
| "esgwat" <esgwat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| news:F133AE0B-2655-41B7-B708-808CFB26C1FA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > OK, I figured out how to boot from the CD, and am now at the Microsoft
| > Windows XP(TM) Recovery Console.
| >
| > It is asking for an administrator password. When I just hit enter, it
| > prompts again:
| > C:\WINDOWS>
| >
| > I read in the manual that this process does not work if the Windows XP
is an
| > OEM version. Please advise...
| >
| > Thank you!
|
| In light of that warning, you might not want to run the procedure
outlined in
| that MS article. Sorry about that. The few times I've taken those steps
it's
| been on systems running an upgrade version of XP.
|
| I'm guessing that you didn't get a Media Center Edition installation CD
with
| your daughter's laptop. My next suggestion would have been to run a
repair
| installation but for that you'd need the correct CD.
|
| If the only installation option Dell supplied with this laptop is a
restore
| process, you would lose any files that are stored on the computer. The
restore
| process takes the computer back to the state it was in when it left the
factory.
| Any programs installed since then would have to be reinstalled. If you
have
| important files on the laptop that haven't been backed up they can be
retrieved.
| The simplest method would be to take the hard drive out and connect it
to
| another computer. Dealing with a laptop complicates the problem. An
alternative
| is to boot the laptop with a Linux live CD and see if you can burn the
files to
| CD. Here are a couple of options.
|
| Ubuntu Live CD
| https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD
|
| Knoppix
| http://www.knoppix.org/
|
| Nepatsfan
|
| >
| >
| > "Nepatsfan" wrote:
| >
| >> "esgwat" <esgwat@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| >> news:BC5D0B0A-B9E3-4785-8F63-83CE0835C844@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| >> >I have a two year old Dell Inspiron E1505 Media Center Edition
Windows XP
| >> > laptop. My daughter uses it for school, so I try to stay current on
| >> > maintenance issues. A couple of days ago, I ran Windows Update, and
it said
| >> > I
| >> > needed the Service Pack 3, so I downloaded it. Ever since then, I
have had
| >> > major problems and yesterday finally received the following error
message:
| >> > c0000218 registry file failure
| >> > The registry cannot load hive file:
| >> > \systemroot\system32\config\system
| >> > or its log or alternate.
| >> > It is corrupt, absent, or not writable.
| >> >
| >> > Beginning dump of physical memory
| >> > physical memory dump complete
| >> > contact system administrator or technical support group for further
| >> > assistance
| >> >
| >> >
| >> > I am now unable to reboot my laptop at all, and am sending this
question on
| >> > another computer. I do have the "Reinstallation CD Microsoft
Windows XP
| >> > Home
| >> > Edition Including Service Pack 2" CD that came with my laptop, but
when
| >> > rebooting with the CD in place, it is not even recognized. Please
help!!
| >>
| >>
| >> Did you configure the laptop to boot from the CD? I believe you have
to hit
| >> the
| >> F2 key while the computer is starting. Check the manual for the
laptop to see
| >> how this is done. You can download the manual from this web site.
| >>
| >>
http://support.dell.com/support/edocs/systems/ins6400/en/om/MD4024MR.pdf
| >>
| >> Here's an article from Microsoft on how to deal with the registry
issue.
| >>
| >> How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP
from
| >> starting
| >> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545
| >>
| >> You should be able to run the Recovery Console on the Media Center
Edition
| >> laptop with your XP Home Edition CD. Be careful not to start an
actual
| >> installation. The Home Edition CD cannot be used to run a repair
installation
| >> on
| >> an XP MCE system.
| >>
| >> Good luck
| >>
| >> Nepatsfan
| >>
| >>
| >>
|
|
|




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