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Dimension 3000, XP Operating system SP-1A
Question: Does anyone know if it's possible and if so, the best way to
recover program files when XP re-install selected and completed without
backing up first?
Here's my situation: My wife lost XP somehow, (possibly a virus), and we
could not boot up by F8 (safe mode). We keep receiving the following message
irregardless as to how we attempt to boot up.
"Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
Our only option appeared to be to use the original Home editions XP install
disk to bootup. I followed the directions as detailed in in " How to recover
from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from starting" (
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/en-us . However, I could not get past
the following in Part 1. As soon as I entered the 2nd line ending in "system.
bak", I received a message that system32 could not be copied.
md tmp
copy c:\windows\system32\config\system c:\windows\tmp\system.bak
I had selected the 2nd option at the recovery module of "r" to recover
instead of the first one which was to install XP. After I failed many times
in attempting to recover, my wife selected the first option to
re-install. It appears now that everything is gone except the XP operating
system disk items that have been reinstalled.
I know these facts were also present prior to my wife selecting the option to
reinstall:
1. Volume did not have a label.
2. PC did contain some viruses.
3. In recovery module, I was unable to see names of services disabled.
4. Original service pack with backup XP operating disk was SP-1A.
5. Since, I only could boot up with the Windows XP original install disk, I
did not re-install any other CDs containing drivers, diagnostic routines, etc.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Randy S
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Dimension 3000, XP Operating system SP-1A
Question: Does anyone know if it's possible and if so, the best way to
recover program files when XP re-install selected and completed without
backing up first?
Here's my situation: My wife lost XP somehow, (possibly a virus), and we
could not boot up by F8 (safe mode). We keep receiving the following message
irregardless as to how we attempt to boot up.
"Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
Our only option appeared to be to use the original Home editions XP install
disk to bootup. I followed the directions as detailed in in " How to recover
from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from starting" (
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/en-us . However, I could not get past
the following in Part 1. As soon as I entered the 2nd line ending in "system.
bak", I received a message that system32 could not be copied.
md tmp
copy c:\windows\system32\config\system c:\windows\tmp\system.bak
I had selected the 2nd option at the recovery module of "r" to recover
instead of the first one which was to install XP. After I failed many times
in attempting to recover, my wife selected the first option to
re-install. It appears now that everything is gone except the XP operating
system disk items that have been reinstalled.
I know these facts were also present prior to my wife selecting the option to
reinstall:
1. Volume did not have a label.
2. PC did contain some viruses.
3. In recovery module, I was unable to see names of services disabled.
4. Original service pack with backup XP operating disk was SP-1A.
5. Since, I only could boot up with the Windows XP original install disk, I
did not re-install any other CDs containing drivers, diagnostic routines, etc.
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated!
Randy S
--
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http://www.windowskb.com/Uwe/Forums.aspx/windowsxp/200508/1