Can't Recover From Registry Error - Stop 0x00000051

  • Thread starter Thread starter Guest
  • Start date Start date
G

Guest

Please help.

My XP Pro crashed a week ago. Will not re-boot to last good configuration.
I can't boot from the CD. Can't access Recovery Console.

What are my options at this point? Thanks in advance.
 
Please help.

My XP Pro crashed a week ago. Will not re-boot to last good configuration.
I can't boot from the CD. Can't access Recovery Console.

What are my options at this point? Thanks in advance.
Click to expand...

Go to MSFT site and follow the instructions on how to create a rescue
disk.


Have a nice one...

Trent

Budweiser: Helping ugly people have sex since 1876!
 
Thanks Bert.

Your first topic requires me to have a command prompt. I don't know how to
do this, as I can't successfully launch Safe Mode with command prompt. I
read that I may be able to create a bootable floppy that provides the DOS
prompt, but has no other tools. Would I need to have created this disk from
my XP system before it crashed to still have that option available to me?

Your second suggestion cautions that MS recommends using an Automatic System
Recovery backup disk before attemptiing the procedure. I don't know that I
have an ASR disk. How and when would I have created that disk?

Also, this procedure assumes access to the system is not available except by
using Recovery Console. That rules this out, because I don't have access by
Recovery Console. When I try, I get the Stop Error .

Am I out of luck? I don't want to loose all my data. Would I be better off
buying a new hard drive, installing XP and making my bad system drive the
slave?

Sorry for all of the questions, but I feel helpless at this point.

Jeff

Bert Kinney said:
Hi Jeff,

Try this first:
How to start the System Restore tool at a command prompt in Windows
XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304449

If the above didn't work try this.
How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from
starting:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q307545&ID=KB;EN-US;q307545

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
Please help.

My XP Pro crashed a week ago. Will not re-boot to last
good configuration. I can't boot from the CD. Can't
access Recovery Console.

What are my options at this point? Thanks in advance.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
jeff56 said:
Thanks Bert.

Your first topic requires me to have a command prompt. I
don't know how to do this, as I can't successfully launch
Safe Mode with command prompt. I read that I may be able
to create a bootable floppy that provides the DOS prompt,
but has no other tools. Would I need to have created
this disk from my XP system before it crashed to still
have that option available to me?
Click to expand...

What happens when you hold the F8 key at system startup, durning
the BIOS post?

Your second suggestion cautions that MS recommends using
an Automatic System Recovery backup disk before
attemptiing the procedure. I don't know that I have an
ASR disk. How and when would I have created that disk?

Also, this procedure assumes access to the system is not
available except by using Recovery Console. That rules
this out, because I don't have access by Recovery
Console. When I try, I get the Stop Error .

Am I out of luck? I don't want to loose all my data.
Would I be better off buying a new hard drive, installing
XP and making my bad system drive the slave?
Click to expand...

Yes this should work.
Sorry for all of the questions, but I feel helpless at
this point.

Jeff
Click to expand...

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
Bert Kinney said:
Hi Jeff,

Try this first:
How to start the System Restore tool at a command prompt
in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304449

If the above didn't work try this.
How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents
Windows XP from starting:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q307545&ID=KB;EN-US;q307545

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
Please help.

My XP Pro crashed a week ago. Will not re-boot to last
good configuration. I can't boot from the CD. Can't
access Recovery Console.

What are my options at this point? Thanks in advance.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Bert Kinney said:
What happens when you hold the F8 key at system startup, durning
the BIOS post?
Click to expand...
Bert ... Holding F8 at BIOS post moves me to options to start in Safe Mode,
Safe Mode w/ Networking, Safe Mode w/Command Prompt, Last Known Good
Configuration or Start Windows Normally (with a timer).

- Any Safe Mode attempt leads to driver loads, a pause, then hard drive
shutdown/reboot sequence. (didn't try Safe w/network since not applicable)
- Last Known Good or Sart Windows Normally --> Windows XP startup screen ->
flash of blue Stop Error screen (too quick to read) -> HD shutdown/reboot
sequence.

I found a Win98 boot disk. If I can get to a dos prompt with this, what can
I do? I see I can manually restore Registry Files as described in article
304449 "How to start the System Restore tool at a command prompt in Windows
XP" Can I follow this path?

Question: Is Recovery Console simply a DOS system?

jeff

Your second suggestion cautions that MS recommends using
an Automatic System Recovery backup disk before
attemptiing the procedure. I don't know that I have an
ASR disk. How and when would I have created that disk?

Also, this procedure assumes access to the system is not
available except by using Recovery Console. That rules
this out, because I don't have access by Recovery
Console. When I try, I get the Stop Error .

Am I out of luck? I don't want to loose all my data.
Would I be better off buying a new hard drive, installing
XP and making my bad system drive the slave?
Click to expand...

Yes this should work.
Sorry for all of the questions, but I feel helpless at
this point.

Jeff
Click to expand...

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/
Bert Kinney said:
Hi Jeff,

Try this first:
How to start the System Restore tool at a command prompt
in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304449

If the above didn't work try this.
How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents
Windows XP from starting:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;q307545&ID=KB;EN-US;q307545

--
Regards,
Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS]
http://dts-l.org/

jeff56 wrote:
Please help.

My XP Pro crashed a week ago. Will not re-boot to last
good configuration. I can't boot from the CD. Can't
access Recovery Console.

What are my options at this point? Thanks in advance.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Back
Top