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The symptom is
this and other files in this location are part of your windows registry:
Corruption of any of these files will cause BOOT problems.
Your user files (Music, pictures, Documents) are still present on the HD and if
the corruption can be corrected, you can get your system to boot again.
(if so, you ought to prioritize replicating them to some external media
(eg: other system, thumb drive, or external USB hd) )
If you have ever run NTBackup and completed a system state backup, you can restore
that image.
The first thing you will need is the ability to boot some other media like
your XP install disk. XP is desirable as your HD is (or should be) an NTDS filesystem,
and Win98* will not read or write to it.
When the "Welcome to Setup" screen appears, press R to start the Recovery Console.
Fixing the corrupted file(s) will be to copy some other copy to replace the damaged one.
One copy of these files is located at \windows\repair -- HOWEVER ---
these are incomplete! The are never updated and will only solve the BOOT
issue, not revive your installed programs that are still resident on the HD.
For example, my files at ..\repair are back dated and smaller than the real files
As these files are logically a database, you need to keep them in sync.
Replacing ALL the SYSTEM32\Config registry files:
The system will now at least boot, so Boot into Safe Mode, using F8
There's a long way to recover the registry, but here we use the normal system
tools to recover using a System Restore Point.
Be sure to login using an Admin account.
get a command prompt (run->cmd)
and run the restore from A Restore Point
Certainly NOT one from today NOR any day previous that has been
causing you problems. Pick something a few days back.
You should be aware that the further back you go, the more likely that
changes you intended to make can be lost -- but reinstalling a new program
is far better than losing all your precious files
The above is a synopsys of this MS KB article
and steps 2-3 are superceeded by the use of Restore from System Restore Point
Missing or corrupt file \windows\system32\config\SYSTEM
edit: or any file in this directory: DEFAULT, SAM, SECURITY, SOFTARE, SYSTEM /edit
edit: or any file in this directory: DEFAULT, SAM, SECURITY, SOFTARE, SYSTEM /edit
this and other files in this location are part of your windows registry:
DEFAULT, SAM, SECURITY, SOFTARE, SYSTEM
Corruption of any of these files will cause BOOT problems.
Your user files (Music, pictures, Documents) are still present on the HD and if
the corruption can be corrected, you can get your system to boot again.
(if so, you ought to prioritize replicating them to some external media
(eg: other system, thumb drive, or external USB hd) )
If you have ever run NTBackup and completed a system state backup, you can restore
that image.
The first thing you will need is the ability to boot some other media like
your XP install disk. XP is desirable as your HD is (or should be) an NTDS filesystem,
and Win98* will not read or write to it.
When the "Welcome to Setup" screen appears, press R to start the Recovery Console.
Fixing the corrupted file(s) will be to copy some other copy to replace the damaged one.
One copy of these files is located at \windows\repair -- HOWEVER ---
these are incomplete! The are never updated and will only solve the BOOT
issue, not revive your installed programs that are still resident on the HD.
For example, my files at ..\repair are back dated and smaller than the real files
Code:
\repair \system32\config
Security 48k 256k
SAM 28k 28k
Software 23,568k 23,368k
System 7,164k 7,168k
Default 1,440k 1,5360kAs these files are logically a database, you need to keep them in sync.
Replacing ALL the SYSTEM32\Config registry files:
Code:
cd \windows
xcopy repair\SECURITY system32\config\ /H /R /Y
xcopy repair\SAM system32\config\ /H /R /Y
xcopy repair\SOFTWARE system32\config\ /H /R /Y
xcopy repair\SYSTEM system32\config\ /H /R /Y
xcopy repair\DEFAULT system32\config\ /H /R /YThe system will now at least boot, so Boot into Safe Mode, using F8
There's a long way to recover the registry, but here we use the normal system
tools to recover using a System Restore Point.
Be sure to login using an Admin account.
get a command prompt (run->cmd)
and run the restore from A Restore Point
C:\Windows\system32\Restore\rstrui.exe
now WHICH RESTORE POINT?Certainly NOT one from today NOR any day previous that has been
causing you problems. Pick something a few days back.
You should be aware that the further back you go, the more likely that
changes you intended to make can be lost -- but reinstalling a new program
is far better than losing all your precious files
The above is a synopsys of this MS KB article
and steps 2-3 are superceeded by the use of Restore from System Restore Point
