Attempted Repair of XP Pro installation

[Guest]

Unable to boot after crash. Removed faulty drive. Remaining drive checked OK.
Would not boot normally. Boot from XP installation disk displayed choice of
repair or clean installation. On repair, went thru installation to point of
msg that it needed file 'asms' on CD-ROM. Unknown path on CD-ROM.
Downloaded 3 files from MS (1)SP2, (2) KB923191.asms, (3)KB924667.asms. None
of these was what it was looking for. Unable to complete repair of XP
without this file. Clean install would lose program files and data so prefer
not to do that. What next?

 

[peter]

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311755
peter

 

[Guest]

I'm not sure if I can do what the KB article recommends since I can't boot
the computer except from the installation disc. I'm going to try anyway and
see what happens. The hard disc is formatted with NTFS and I'll try to start
a command session. I'll let you know what happens.

 

[Guest]

Got to the command session OK but it requires a filename. What should I use?

 

[peter]

is this the procedure you are following???
Method 1
Warning If you use Registry Editor incorrectly, you may cause serious
problems that may require you to reinstall your operating system. Microsoft
cannot guarantee that you can solve problems that result from using Registry
Editor incorrectly. Use Registry Editor at your own risk.1. When you receive
the error message, press SHIFT+F10 to start a command session.
2. Type regedit.exe, and then press ENTER.
3. Click HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE.
4. On the File menu, click Load Hive, and then load
%Windir%\System32\Config\System.sav.
5. When you are prompted to specify a name, type Test.
6. Locate and then click the following key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Test\ControlSet1\Control\Class\{4D36E965-E325-11CE-BFC1-08002BE10318}
7. Delete the UPPERFILTERS and LOWERFILTERS registry keys.
8. Repeat steps 6 and 7 for the other ControlSet# keys under the Test hive.
9. Click File, and then click Exit to quit Registry Editor.
10. If the path in the error message is the correct drive letter for the
CD-ROM drive, click OK to continue the Setup program.
11. If you receive the error message again, the Setup program cannot
correctly read from the CD-ROM drive, or the path information is incorrect.
In this case, restart your computer and let the Setup program resume.
peter

 

[Guest]

Yes, Method 1 is the one I attempted but after typing 'regedit.exe' and
Enter, I got a msg that 'a file name is required and none specified'. I
don't know what file name to use so could not proceed with 'regedit' Step 3.

 

[peter]

re-reading your original post ...you have 2 HD's you removed the one you had
XP installed on?? You reinstalled that drive and then tried repair
installation??

Try typing the full path to "regedit"...........C:\windows\system32\regedit
peter

 

[Guest]

Originally I had 2 HD's and then with the crash I removed both, had them
tested and found that the one with the OS was still good so reinstalled it
and tried to repair it using the XP installation CD since the computer
wouldn't boot at all.

 

[Guest]

I followed your instructions for entering 'regedit' and it went OK to step7
and then it lost me. I don't understand what UpperFilters and Lowerfilters
registry keys refers to. Bear with me Peter as I'm just a novice when it
comes to the Registry. I'm reasonably competent in following instructions
but when it comes to interpreting the details, I'm mostly lost.

 

[Guest]

I've been doing some searching in Microsoft for information re: the Registry
and related topics but haven't been able to find any mention of UpperFilters
and Lowerfilters. The closest I can come is Upper Case and Lower Case but
even that doesn't help me figure out what you want me to do about them. I
did find an interesting article about the Guided Help for Microsoft KB
articles and how to use it on a list of items. Included are a couple that
might be useful. Can I use the Guided Help function if I can't boot, I
imagine not but need some guidance here. One article is "How to recover from
a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from starting" Sounds like
it's right up my alley.

 

[Guest]

As usual persistance pays off and I finally found the right combination of
Key Words on the search and found lots of info about upper and lower filters.
In short I think I now, at least partially, understand what you wanted me to
do and how to do it re: the upper and lower filters. When I have tried it
out I'll be back with a update report. Oddly enough I also uncovered a
related somewhat minor problem I'm having on the newer Dell that I'm using
for this correspondence. After installing a new Sony CD/player writer and
apparently a bundled software copy of NERO which I did not want I ran into
problems with accessability of the drive using Roxio which I prefer.
Apparently the problem is similar, a upper/lower filter problem which I will
attempt to fix after the boot problem is fixed. No sense having both
computers down at the same time.

 

[Guest]

Well, I'm stuck again. Got the Upper and Lower filters deleted OK from
Control Set 1 and then looked for similar filters in Control Set 3, there was
no 2, but there were no filters in Set 3. I exited the Registry Editor and
clicked OK to continue the Setup program. It would not read any files from
the CD (Drive D) so I restarted the computer and it progressed to the same
window asking for the asms file. I'm now at step11 in your directions. What
next?