my c drive reportedit was unable to load hive files, and will no
longer boot. as soon as the PC opens the Windows XP spash screen the
PC restarts POST
So I removed the drive and put into a docking station on another PC I
was able to access the drive.
I created an ISO image (using xxclone) of the drive then
I ran ChkDsk and WD diqgnostics on it. errors were found and repaired
by Chkdsk,
The drive is OK according to WD diagnostics, so I guess I will reuse
the drive.
When reinstalled it into the orginal PC and I am getting the message
asking to install a boot drive.
So I guess I need to reinstall Windows.
My questions are:
Am I right about doing a reinstall?

Are there any system files on the clone drive I could possibly use to
re-establish my original environment? I have not tried to boot using
the clone drive I created, and xxclone offered some options presented
after I created the iso relating to MBR which I did not understand so
I did not perform. I suppose I could re-open the program and the drive
and invoke them now.
thanks

"timOleary" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> my c drive reportedit was unable to load hive files, and will no
> longer boot. as soon as the PC opens the Windows XP spash screen the
> PC restarts POST . . .
> So I removed the drive and put into a docking station on another PC I
> was able to access the drive.
> I created an ISO image (using xxclone) of the drive then
> I ran ChkDsk and WD diqgnostics on it. errors were found and repaired
> by Chkdsk,
> The drive is OK according to WD diagnostics, so I guess I will reuse
> the drive.

In your place I would do this only if WD Diags also tested for viruses
and malware (and reported malware free, and only I were confident
beforehand such scans were reliable.)
--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

On 08/13/2010 10:00 AM, timOleary wrote:
> my c drive reportedit was unable to load hive files, and will no
> longer boot. as soon as the PC opens the Windows XP spash screen the
> PC restarts POST
> So I removed the drive and put into a docking station on another PC I
> was able to access the drive.
> I created an ISO image (using xxclone) of the drive then
> I ran ChkDsk and WD diqgnostics on it. errors were found and repaired
> by Chkdsk,
> The drive is OK according to WD diagnostics, so I guess I will reuse
> the drive.
> When reinstalled it into the orginal PC and I am getting the message
> asking to install a boot drive.
> So I guess I need to reinstall Windows.
> My questions are:
> Am I right about doing a reinstall?
>
> Are there any system files on the clone drive I could possibly use to
> re-establish my original environment? I have not tried to boot using
> the clone drive I created, and xxclone offered some options presented
> after I created the iso relating to MBR which I did not understand so
> I did not perform. I suppose I could re-open the program and the drive
> and invoke them now.
> thanks



Boot from your XP cd

and from the repair console issue the command fixboot
and/or fixmbr

On Aug 13, 11:24*pm, philo <ph...@privacy.invalid> wrote:
> On 08/13/2010 10:00 AM, timOleary wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> > my c drive reportedit was unable to load hive files, and will no
> > longer boot. as soon as the PC opens the Windows XP spash screen the
> > PC restarts POST
> > So I removed the drive and put into a docking station on another PC I
> > was able to access the drive.
> > I created an ISO image (using xxclone) of the drive then
> > I ran ChkDsk and WD diqgnostics on it. errors were found and repaired
> > by Chkdsk,
> > The drive is OK according to WD diagnostics, so I guess I will reuse
> > the drive.
> > When reinstalled it into the orginal PC and I am getting the message
> > asking to install a boot drive.
> > So I guess I need to reinstall Windows.
> > My questions are:
> > Am I right about doing a reinstall?
>
> > Are there any system files on the clone drive I could possibly use to
> > re-establish my original environment? I have not tried to boot using
> > the clone drive I created, and xxclone offered some options presented
> > after I created the iso relating to MBR which I did not understand so
> > I did not perform. I suppose I could re-open the program and the drive
> > and invoke them now.
> > * thanks
>
> Boot from your XP cd
>
> and from the repair console issue the command *fixboot
> and/or fixmbr

I appreciate the replies
I failed to mention that I had already run fxmbr
the drive has been scanned for malware and viruses, but not since it
stopped booting. I can scan it while it is still in the docking
station
thanks