Problems after defragging...

[Guest]

So, I restarted my computer in safe mode, defragmented my hard drive
successfully, and restarted my computer in normal mode. Well, despite being
in normal mode, minimal drivers are operating. My sound doesn't work, and I
can't do Windows Update or any of that good stuff. I checked out my
hardware/device profile, and...it's completely BLANK. Not reading any of my
hardware.

What's the deal? I feel like I've exhausted most of my options. I popped in
my Dell ResourceCD and ran the diagnostic tests -- everything's working, but
it's like my computer isn't registering any of it. Any tips? Thanks.

 

[Guest]

Hi Lizzie

Have you tried System Restore? Start > Control Panel > Performance and
Maintenance. You should see System Restore on the left. Click it and follow
the instructions.

Hope that helps.

Mark

 

[Guest]

One step ahead of you! Isn't it GREAT when you have System Restore disabled
when you need it? No, not really. But it's disabled. No dice.

 

[Pez D Spencer]

One step ahead of you! Isn't it GREAT when you have System Restore disabled
when you need it? No, not really. But it's disabled. No dice.

yeah...i've never heard any legitimate argument for why system restore
should be disabled.

 

[Wesley Vogel]

With Windows XP, there is no reason to defrag in Safe Mode. That was
something that needed sone in Windows 98.

Are you sure that you are not still in Safe Mode?

Start | Run | Type: msconfig | Click OK |
BOOT.INI tab | Make sure that SAFEBOOT is not checked |
General tab | Make sure that Nornmal Startup is selected |

If you have to change anything, click Apply.

If you have to change anything, click Yes to the Reboot message.

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[Wesley Vogel]

I have System Restore disabled.

I use...

NTREGOPT NT Registry Optimizer
ERUNT The Emergency Recovery Utility NT
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/

ERUNT [[Note: The "Export registry" function in Regedit is USELESS (!) to
make a complete backup of the registry. Neither does it export the whole
registry (for example, no information from the "SECURITY" hive is
saved), nor can the exported file be used later to replace the current
registry with the old one. Instead, if you re-import the file, it is
merged with the current registry, leaving you with an absolute mess of
old and new registry keys.]]
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/erunt.txt

NTREGOPT [[Similar to Windows 9x/Me, the registry files in an NT-based
system can become fragmented over time, occupying more space on your hard
disk than necessary and decreasing overall performance. You should
use the NTREGOPT utility regularly, but especially after installing
or uninstalling a program, to minimize the size of the registry files
and optimize registry access.

The program works by recreating each registry hive "from scratch",
thus removing any slack space that may be left from previously
modified or deleted keys.

Note that the program does NOT change the contents of the registry in
any way, nor does it physically defrag the registry files on the drive
(as the PageDefrag program from SysInternals does). The optimization
done by NTREGOPT is simply compacting the registry hives to the
minimum size possible.]]
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/ntregopt.txt

Installing & Using ERUNT
http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_eruntuse.html

To see an illustrated registry restore procedure
http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_erdntuse.html

Take a complete registry backup using ERUNT
http://www.winxptutor.com/regback.htm

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