repair registry won't finish booting

I need to know how to repair the registry when it won't
finish booting. Gets to the dos screen where you choose
safe mode but no matter which choice you make it just
reboots. I tried booting to the xp cd and choosing r for
repair. I tried several things in the repair console.
Nothing seems to help. I am about to do a clean install
but I would like to know if there is anyway to get around
this. Thanks

Hi

Try the following article by MVP Michael Stevens:

"How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install"
http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

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Will Denny
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"shirley" <shirley@ddc-net.com> wrote in message
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| I need to know how to repair the registry when it won't
| finish booting. Gets to the dos screen where you choose
| safe mode but no matter which choice you make it just
| reboots. I tried booting to the xp cd and choosing r for
| repair. I tried several things in the repair console.
| Nothing seems to help. I am about to do a clean install
| but I would like to know if there is anyway to get around
| this. Thanks

Thank you I'll go read the article right now. Thanks again.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi
>
>Try the following article by MVP Michael Stevens:
>
>"How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install"
>http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
>
>--
>
>Will Denny
>MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
>Please reply to the News Groups
>
>
>"shirley" <shirley@ddc-net.com> wrote in message
>news:1a96501c44f22$96255d50$a601280a@phx.gbl...
>| I need to know how to repair the registry when it won't
>| finish booting. Gets to the dos screen where you choose
>| safe mode but no matter which choice you make it just
>| reboots. I tried booting to the xp cd and choosing r for
>| repair. I tried several things in the repair console.
>| Nothing seems to help. I am about to do a clean install
>| but I would like to know if there is anyway to get
around
>| this. Thanks
>
>.
>

How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from
starting
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...5&Product=winxp

How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...1&Product=winxp

Rocky

"shirley" <shirley@ddc-net.com> wrote in message
news:1a96501c44f22$96255d50$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> I need to know how to repair the registry when it won't
> finish booting. Gets to the dos screen where you choose
> safe mode but no matter which choice you make it just
> reboots. I tried booting to the xp cd and choosing r for
> repair. I tried several things in the repair console.
> Nothing seems to help. I am about to do a clean install
> but I would like to know if there is anyway to get around
> this. Thanks

Try here as well or is this the article you are trying to repair the
Registry from:

"How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry That Prevents Windows XP from
Starting"
http://support.microsoft.com/defaul...b;EN-US;q307545

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"shirley" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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| Thank you I'll go read the article right now. Thanks again.
|
| >-----Original Message-----
| >Hi
| >
| >Try the following article by MVP Michael Stevens:
| >
| >"How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install"
| >http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm
| >
| >--
| >
| >Will Denny
| >MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User
| >Please reply to the News Groups
| >
| >
| >"shirley" <shirley@ddc-net.com> wrote in message
| >news:1a96501c44f22$96255d50$a601280a@phx.gbl...
| >| I need to know how to repair the registry when it won't
| >| finish booting. Gets to the dos screen where you choose
| >| safe mode but no matter which choice you make it just
| >| reboots. I tried booting to the xp cd and choosing r for
| >| repair. I tried several things in the repair console.
| >| Nothing seems to help. I am about to do a clean install
| >| but I would like to know if there is anyway to get
| around
| >| this. Thanks
| >
| >.
| >