Okay, I stuipedly 'accidently' deleted some random registry files... The result is as XP boots it gives my a error that AutoChk.exe cannot be found... XP still boots fine.. But I would like to fix the error. What exactly is AutoChk? Do I need it?.. I have AutoChk, I did a file search. So I must of removed something that links bootup with AutoChk.. Help :blackeye:.

First of all, what the hell were you doing deleting things in the registry that you did not understand? As far as I can see, you have got what you deserved.

Anyway, try loading the "last good known configuration" which should have a backup of the registry from the last time everything booted properly.

here is how you do that : http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;315222

Hopefully it will work, but if not then to be honest I think you will have been taught a valuable lesson.

I just hope you haven't disabled System Restore

The registry is a place of great wonder and can unlock many wonderful things for your system. It can boost performance, enhance stability, and make Windows kneel to your superior power. Although, in the hands of ignorance, it can mean certain doom for all you hold sacred. Don't go tampering with forces you cannot possibly comprehend. :dead:

OK, so maybe that was a little too dramatic. If you don't fully understand the registry and how it works, you shouldn't mess around in it, for sooner or later you will screw something up, looks like sooner in this case. If you wish to learn more about the Windows Registry and the power it holds within, go here

Didnt work. Mut have something to do with Bootexecute...It gives a error saying where the directory of AutoChk can't be found but it is there..

We must have posted at the same time.. System Restore is disabled too heh. I'll check out that link..

The link won't help with this, it might help prevent future screw ups though

where do you have autochk.exe?
It has to be in \windows\system32

The main problem is that he deleted or changed something in the registry, and he has no idea what. that's like looking for a needle in a haystack....

Yep its in \windows\system32... But at bootup it dosnt think so..

that is because of the keys you deleted from the registry. If you had thought to back up the registry, you could have restored it. You should always backup the registry before making changes. It also isn't a very good idea to disable System Restore. The trade off of being able to correct a serious problem is not worth the resources you are saving.

Hey, I did a little research and screwed around with the BootExecute & autochk strings... They wernt there so it must of been those I deleted? So, yea I was makeing new reg keys/varibles in different ways and such because I didn't know how they should exactly be put... Looks like I got lucky LOL.. The error dosnt show at startup anymore.. I was pretty suprised.

Can you tell us what you did? I think so should. After all we tried to help you. And the info could help someone else with a similar problem.

Okay, I didn't write the solution because I didn't know what exactly did it with different theories I put it into it.. Though, luckily I got it on my second try and removed the useless other tries in the registry. So here whats I did for Home XP:
Went into registry

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\

In session manager (to the right) I created a Multistring Value and named it BootExecute.

In value data I put:
BootExecute : REG_MULTI_SZ : autocheck autochk *

Tada :chef:

Yeah, something I did notice was that boot up was faster when the error was around. Probably because auto check was dissabled.

Well done!

It's very funny guys
I really like the style of the first answers of Phant & SB, you really rock

It's also funny to notice some of you are less serious and stuff on the IRC channel
BTW the other post (UT contest) where a noob tried to explain to Phant what a router is and Phant's answer is great, I really enjoyed

My XP installation had the same problem. This problem was caused by partition magic. I really don't know what happened after PM reboot..

Problem was solved by adding

"BootExecute : REG_MULTI_SZ : autocheck autochk * "

After the next reboot this entry dissapeared from the registry.

:grinthumb

Thanks!

I forgot to mention:

When this problem occured Partition Magic 8 stopped working and gave me an 504 error and quit. Disk Image reported an error number greater than 10,000! and quit.

I did not connect the two issues, but after fixing the "autochk.exe" boot problem according to Toast0r (Thanks)..
Both PM and DI started to work properly! :grinthumb two problems solved in one!

Wow somebody else actualy had the same problem lol. Glad I could help .

help!

Hello.

I also had the same problem though it is linked with diskkeeper in my case. How do I access the registry to add the required string if I can't boot??