bluescreens and registry errors after a power failure

[Michael Rasmussen]

Lost power for 2-3 seconds last night. After the PC came back up XP
would bluescreen just after the XP startup logo appeared. It would do
this no matter what startup mode it was put it--safe mode, safe mode w/
command prompt, LKG, etc.

So the system was booted using the XP install CD. Started up the CD's
recovery mode, and did a chkdsk on the boot drive. It detected errors
and reported it had fixed them.

The next reboot went further into windows but gave an error
(paraphrased) "the windows registry has been corrupted, but the backup
was successfully processed". Clicked OK and the system booted up
and ran normally.

Subsequent reboots are problem free and the bootlog shows no unusual
errors. Is there anything else to be concerned about, anything that
should be checked?

 

[Michael Hawes]

Lost power for 2-3 seconds last night. After the PC came back up XP
would bluescreen just after the XP startup logo appeared. It would do
this no matter what startup mode it was put it--safe mode, safe mode w/
command prompt, LKG, etc.

So the system was booted using the XP install CD. Started up the CD's
recovery mode, and did a chkdsk on the boot drive. It detected errors
and reported it had fixed them.

The next reboot went further into windows but gave an error
(paraphrased) "the windows registry has been corrupted, but the backup
was successfully processed". Clicked OK and the system booted up
and ran normally.

Subsequent reboots are problem free and the bootlog shows no unusual
errors. Is there anything else to be concerned about, anything that
should be checked?

Run chkdsk /f again to be sure all errors fixed. Otherwise, all OK,
that's what windows takes copies of the registry for.
Mike.