Corrupt Registry and Restoration Issues...

[Guest]

Last Wednesday evening, I turned on my computer to check emails. I was
surprised to see a black DOS screen telling me to start in safe mode, start
normally, etc. I was unable to F10 to retrieve the error, when I attempted
started Windows in all the suggested fashions, the computer shut down and
restarted the same way each time. I did a hard shut down because I couldn't
get it to turn off. When I restarted about an hour later, the settings were
the same as when we purchased the machine. All of my business letters, etc.,
pictures, music - it was all gone. I didn't do a restore on it, but when I
was going to in order to get all my stuff back the only date showing is
11/14. So, I went to PC tools (per our tech we use at work) and got the file
recover, which worked nicely - if very slowly, I actually stopped it after 12
hours. I did find all of my photos - and most of them were ok, some are lost
forever. My question now is, the windows messenger keeps telling me I have 55
system errors and my registry may be corrupt. I am really not a technically
gifted person and really have no idea how to fix this. Any help or
suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

 

[afbosch]

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Windows File Protection and Windows
http://www.microsoft.com/whdc/archive/wfp.mspx




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Scannow sfc
http://www.updatexp.com/scannow-sfc.html

Windows XP has the ability to protect itself from system instability caused
by 3rd party software overwriting important system files.--The main reason
for using this utility is when you suspect there may be a problem with a
Windows XP system file.--
To do this simply go to the Run box on the Start Menu and type in:

sfc /scannow



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also you can do a error checking on your hard drive by going to the hard
drive in question and to propties and frinding tools and then error
checking

Check for Disk Errors in Windows XP
Published: July 22, 2002

Tip from the Microsoft Knowledge Base.

The ScanDisk utility is not available in Windows XP. However, you can use
the Error-Checking tool in Windows XP to check the integrity of your hard
disk. To check for file system errors and bad sectors on your hard disk,
follow these steps:

1.
Double-click My Computer, and then right-click the local disk that you
want to check.

2.
Click Properties, and then click Tools.

3.
Under Error-checking, click Check Now.

4.
Under Check disk options, select the Scan for and attempt recovery of
bad sectors check box.

5.
Click Start.



http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/kbtip.mspx

 

[Guest]

Thanks! I'm going to try that now...I saw several different posts that were
somewhat related to this, yet slightly different in their entirety which made
me unsure as to what to try next. I'll let you know if it works - keep your
fingers crossed!

 

[Guest]

What make and model is your computer?
F10 does various things, depending.
Examples of HP's F10 on different models:

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsuppor...skId=135&prodSeriesId=314651&prodTypeId=12454

http://forums.getdata.com/showthread.php?t=1030

 

[Guest]

It's an HP Pavilion, so the F10 should have shown me the blue screen - it did
flash blue, but then shut down - it was never up for more than a split
second, so I have no clue as to what would have caused this. I did try to run
the sfc/scannnow - but it told me it couldn't find the directory, so I did
the other test as noted in a prior response, but that said everything was
fine, no bad sectors, nothing. I am still getting the messenger popping up
and telling me the registry is corrupt though - like every 2 minutes, it's
annoying as heck. And I still am missing a lot of things that were on there
before. The recovery software pulled out a ton of archived cabinet files and
that's where all of my itunes and business docs are, I'm just not sure how to
get it all out. I don't have an external device for backup purposes, but will
be getting one before I attempt to pull all that out.

 

[afbosch]

o yes i forgot to mention sfc seem to work more with a xp cd, and not
so good witha recovery disk, but you can make a window disk out of
a recovery disk




How to Create a Bootable Windows XP Setup CD/DVD on a System with Windows
Pre-loaded
http://www.howtohaven.com/system/createwindowssetupdisk.shtml



Creating a Windows Installation CD from your Recovery Disk

http://www.easydesksoftware.com/recovery.htm