You're welcome, glad to see that you got things fixed.
John
mrbigbry wrote:
> You the man, that did the trick, thank you for your help.
>
> "John John (MVP)" wrote:
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>>Try it with the /r switch.
>>
>>John
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>>mrbigbry wrote:
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>>>Unfortunatly that is one of the first things I tried, it did find errors but
>>>did not fix the problem. I will run again to see if anything else gets
>>>"repaired".
>>>
>>>"John John (MVP)" wrote:
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>>>
>>>
>>>>Usually happens when disk or file system corruption is present. Try
>>>>running chkdsk /p or chkdsk /r on the volume. Please be advised that
>>>>there is always a risk of data loss when chkdsk is run, make sure that
>>>>you have a working backup of your data files.
>>>>
>>>>John
>>>>
>>>>mrbigbry wrote:
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>>>>
>>>>>Hello, I have tried many different ways to get the system to boot again, but
>>>>>it will not. The BSOD says the following "Stop c000128 (registry file
>>>>>failure) The registry cannot load the hive (file)
>>>>>\systemroot\system32\config\software or its log or alternate it is corrupt
>>>>>absent or not writeable". When I put my XP pro disk into the system to use
>>>>>the repair function, I found this to be interesting. I can make a backup
>>>>>copy in DOS of "windows\system32\config\system" into a
>>>>>"windows\tmp\system.bak" file, but interesting enough, when I try to copy
>>>>>"windows\system32\config\software" into "windows\tmp\software.bak" it will
>>>>>not let me and I get the following message.
>>>>>"c:\windows\system32\config\software c:\windows\tmp\software.bak [ENTER]
>>>>>error.file cannot be copied". I suspect a "virus" might be present although
>>>>>I only have portable USB drive or CD ROM drives available to me and no XPPro
>>>>>startup disc was ever made (it is not my computer, it's my daughters). Where
>>>>>do I go from here? Any assistance would be greatly appreciated, Thank you.
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
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