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My XP Pro wouln't boot.

Typical "can't find the kernel"...

So, I popped in the install disk and chose the console.

I ran chkdsk -twice - it did reboot to my profile.

However...(in addition to Admin I have two "users")

In Documents and Settings I have "duplicate folders (Three for adming
and to two for another user) My primary profile (the one folder and
files which appeared to be corrupted and were "repaired by chkdsk did
not "duplicate?!).

So - - What folders can I safely delete (I'm most concerned with the
duplicate admin, two have a .XPcorp (computername) and .XPcorp.00 as
does a "user" profile. All Users. Default User. Local Service adn
NetworkService were not "duplicated" (nor was my defaull logon, the one
which chkdsk spend half an hour "fixing".

My guess is I can "delete" the "dupes" with the older dates? However, it
seems odd that the newer folder have the extra extensions?

I'm not too concerned about space - - they're small? I just wonder if
they might be causing any problems (I believe they were created during
an earlier failure when I did a restore of the systems state.

Finally, is there a way to do a system restore if I can't boot to the
OS? I dual boot to W2k - -I doubt that would help...can I do a system
restore via the console or the install disk - -

I was lucky i went for the console as I suspect a repair from install
may have wiped some things out - -I doubted chkdsk would work and it was
slow - -but it brought me back.

Now I'd like to deal with the duplicte folders in D & C (from the
earlier restore of system state)...also, any way to do a System Restore
if I can't boot to the OS?

~~~~
Michael

--
"If you're not in the recording studio you might as well not do it,
because you might get it.
And if you get it, hell stop.
Because it's not a question of how well you play, it's a question of how
well you play once."

Jim Dickinson - American record producer, pianist and singer.

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Slip Kid wrote:

<snip>

I'm patient, but this is Day III.

Let's try this:

If you don't have a clue how to answer my questions, could you point me
to a source which might have some insight?

Then again: It might me an _OS flaw and that would be embarrassing_.

Yes, I can see why that would be ignored, here.

If it's the latter, I'll expect but understand the continued silence
~~~~~
Michael
--
"If you're not in the recording studio you might as well not do it,
because you might get it.
And if you get it, hell stop.
Because it's not a question of how well you play, it's a question of how
well you play once."

Jim Dickinson - American record producer, pianist and singer.

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Since you didn't bother to include your first message, *I* for one, and
perhaps others, have NO idea what you are talking about. If you sent a
message, and didn't get a reply, look at your first message and see what in
it led to no answer, and repost rather than coming here and bitching because
no one answered.

"Slip Kid" <G-2@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
news:HdxCe.6706$5N3.6551@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
> Slip Kid wrote:
>
> <snip>
>
> I'm patient, but this is Day III.
>
> Let's try this:
>
> If you don't have a clue how to answer my questions, could you point me to
> a source which might have some insight?
>
> Then again: It might me an _OS flaw and that would be embarrassing_.
>
> Yes, I can see why that would be ignored, here.
>
> If it's the latter, I'll expect but understand the continued silence
> ~~~~~
> Michael
> --
> "If you're not in the recording studio you might as well not do it,
> because you might get it.
> And if you get it, hell stop.
> Because it's not a question of how well you play, it's a question of how
> well you play once."
>
> Jim Dickinson - American record producer, pianist and singer.
>
> Please use the following to reply, directly:
> WGFA
> @#waste#
> image-link
> .com
> I hope that has slowed the Usenet e-mail harvest - - by a few days?

 

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Jone Doe wrote:
> Since you didn't bother to include your first message, *I* for one, and
> perhaps others, have NO idea what you are talking about. If you sent a
> message, and didn't get a reply, look at your first message and see what in
> it led to no answer, and repost rather than coming here and bitching because
> no one answered.

Not _bitching_.

Simply speculating why on Day III I had not heard a word on the questions.

I've "looked" a it several times since Friday morning and if I knew
"why" it wasn't answered - - I might not have had to ask the questions.

_Hear ya go_

From: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:52:48 GMT

My XP Pro wouln't boot.

Typical "can't find the kernel"...

So, I popped in the install disk and chose the console.

I ran chkdsk -twice - it did reboot to my profile.

However...(in addition to Admin I have two "users")

In Documents and Settings I have "duplicate folders (Three for adming
and to two for another user) My primary profile (the one folder and
files which appeared to be corrupted and were "repaired by chkdsk did
not "duplicate?!).

So - - What folders can I safely delete (I'm most concerned with the
duplicate admin, two have a .XPcorp (computername) and .XPcorp.00 as
does a "user" profile. All Users. Default User. Local Service adn
NetworkService were not "duplicated" (nor was my defaull logon, the one
which chkdsk spend half an hour "fixing".

My guess is I can "delete" the "dupes" with the older dates? However, it
seems odd that the newer folder have the extra extensions?

I'm not too concerned about space - - they're small? I just wonder if
they might be causing any problems (I believe they were created during
an earlier failure when I did a restore of the systems state.

Finally, is there a way to do a system restore if I can't boot to the
OS? I dual boot to W2k - -I doubt that would help...can I do a system
restore via the console or the install disk - -

I was lucky i went for the console as I suspect a repair from install
may have wiped some things out - -I doubted chkdsk would work and it was
slow - -but it brought me back.

Now I'd like to deal with the duplicte folders in D & C (from the
earlier restore of system state)...also, any way to do a System Restore
if I can't boot to the OS?


--
"If you're not in the recording studio you might as well not do it,
because you might get it.
And if you get it, hell stop.
Because it's not a question of how well you play, it's a question of how
well you play once."

Jim Dickinson - American record producer, pianist and singer.

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"Slip Kid" <G-2@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
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> Jone Doe wrote:
>> Since you didn't bother to include your first message, *I* for one, and
>> perhaps others, have NO idea what you are talking about. If you sent a
>> message, and didn't get a reply, look at your first message and see what
>> in it led to no answer, and repost rather than coming here and bitching
>> because no one answered.
>
> Not _bitching_.
>
> Simply speculating why on Day III I had not heard a word on the questions.
>
> I've "looked" a it several times since Friday morning and if I knew "why"
> it wasn't answered - - I might not have had to ask the questions.
>
> _Hear ya go_
>
> From: Fri, 15 Jul 2005 14:52:48 GMT
>
> My XP Pro wouln't boot.
>
> Typical "can't find the kernel"...
>
> So, I popped in the install disk and chose the console.
>
> I ran chkdsk -twice - it did reboot to my profile.
>
> However...(in addition to Admin I have two "users")
>
> In Documents and Settings I have "duplicate folders (Three for adming and
> to two for another user) My primary profile (the one folder and files
> which appeared to be corrupted and were "repaired by chkdsk did not
> "duplicate?!).
>
> So - - What folders can I safely delete (I'm most concerned with the
> duplicate admin, two have a .XPcorp (computername) and .XPcorp.00 as does
> a "user" profile. All Users. Default User. Local Service adn
> NetworkService were not "duplicated" (nor was my defaull logon, the one
> which chkdsk spend half an hour "fixing".
>
> My guess is I can "delete" the "dupes" with the older dates? However, it
> seems odd that the newer folder have the extra extensions?
>
> I'm not too concerned about space - - they're small? I just wonder if
> they might be causing any problems (I believe they were created during an
> earlier failure when I did a restore of the systems state.
>
> Finally, is there a way to do a system restore if I can't boot to the OS?
> I dual boot to W2k - -I doubt that would help...can I do a system restore
> via the console or the install disk - -
>
> I was lucky i went for the console as I suspect a repair from install may
> have wiped some things out - -I doubted chkdsk would work and it was
> slow - -but it brought me back.
>
> Now I'd like to deal with the duplicte folders in D & C (from the earlier
> restore of system state)...also, any way to do a System Restore if I can't
> boot to the OS?
>
>
> --
> "If you're not in the recording studio you might as well not do it,
> because you might get it.
> And if you get it, hell stop.
> Because it's not a question of how well you play, it's a question of how
> well you play once."
>
> Jim Dickinson - American record producer, pianist and singer.
>
> Please use the following to reply, directly:
> WGFA
> @#waste#
> image-link
> .com
> I hope that has slowed the Usenet e-mail harvest - - by a few days?

I don't know from experience, but I suspect what I would do is set a restore
point so I could go back if I had to, and then delete the ones with the
oldest date. Leave them in the recycle bin in case you need them back.
Reboot and see if everything runs as it should. If so, then--and only
then--empty the recycle bin. You can always restore if you have to.

 

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Jone Doe wrote:
> "Slip Kid" <G-2@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
> news:RMxCe.6790$5N3.437@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>
>>Jone Doe wrote:

> I don't know from experience, but I suspect what I would do is set a restore
> point so I could go back if I had to, and then delete the ones with the
> oldest date. Leave them in the recycle bin in case you need them back.
> Reboot and see if everything runs as it should. If so, then--and only
> then--empty the recycle bin. You can always restore if you have to.


What does a restore point have to do with duplicate folders in D 'n' C?
I have not used System Restore. I used a System State .bkf restore
-- A while back. That's when the duplicate folders were created.

After my sys didn't re-boot on Friday, I ran chkdsk...

My only quesition about SR concerned if it could be executed if one
can't boot to the OS.

~~~~
Michael


--
"If you're not in the recording studio you might as well not do it,
because you might get it.
And if you get it, hell stop.
Because it's not a question of how well you play, it's a question of how
well you play once."

Jim Dickinson - American record producer, pianist and singer.

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WGFA
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Slip Kid wrote:
> Jone Doe wrote:
>
>> "Slip Kid" <G-2@worldnet.att.net> wrote in message
>> news:RMxCe.6790$5N3.437@bgtnsc05-news.ops.worldnet.att.net...
>>
>>> Jone Doe wrote:
>
>
>> I don't know from experience, but I suspect what I would do is set a
>> restore point so I could go back if I had to, and then delete the ones
>> with the oldest date. Leave them in the recycle bin in case you need
>> them back. Reboot and see if everything runs as it should. If so,
>> then--and only then--empty the recycle bin. You can always restore if
>> you have to.

So, am I the only person who thought the above answer was dubious at
best and only began to addrress my questions (which I wlll post isn
full, for the third time below)

> What does a restore point have to do with duplicate folders in D 'n' C?
> I have not used System Restore. I used a System State .bkf restore --
> A while back. That's when the duplicate folders were created.
>
> After my sys didn't re-boot on Friday, I ran chkdsk...
>
> My only quesition about SR concerned if it could be executed if one
> can't boot to the OS.

Original:
>
> My XP Pro wouln't boot.
>
> Typical "can't find the kernel"...
>
> So, I popped in the install disk and chose the console.
>
> I ran chkdsk -twice - it did reboot to my profile.
>
> However...(in addition to Admin I have two "users")
>
> In Documents and Settings I have "duplicate folders (Three for adming
> and to two for another user) My primary profile (the one folder and
> files which appeared to be corrupted and were "repaired by chkdsk did
> not "duplicate?!).
>
> So - - What folders can I safely delete (I'm most concerned with the
> duplicate admin, two have a .XPcorp (computername) and .XPcorp.00 as
> does a "user" profile. All Users. Default User. Local Service adn
> NetworkService were not "duplicated" (nor was my defaull logon, the one
> which chkdsk spend half an hour "fixing".
>
> My guess is I can "delete" the "dupes" with the older dates? However, it
> seems odd that the newer folder have the extra extensions?
>
> I'm not too concerned about space - - they're small? I just wonder if
> they might be causing any problems (I believe they were created during
> an earlier failure when I did a restore of the systems state.
>
> Finally, is there a way to do a system restore if I can't boot to the
> OS? I dual boot to W2k - -I doubt that would help...can I do a system
> restore via the console or the install disk - -
>
> I was lucky i went for the console as I suspect a repair from install
> may have wiped some things out - -I doubted chkdsk would work and it was
> slow - -but it brought me back.
>
> Now I'd like to deal with the duplicte folders in D & C (from the
> earlier restore of system state)...also, any way to do a System Restore
> if I can't boot to the OS?
>
~~~~
Michael

--
"If you're not in the recording studio you might as well not do it,
because you might get it.
And if you get it, hell stop.
Because it's not a question of how well you play, it's a question of how
well you play once."

Jim Dickinson - American record producer, pianist and singer.

Please use the following to reply, directly:
WGFA
@#waste#
image-link
..com
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