Registry Corrupt...

J

JustSomeGuy

I booted my system today and logged in as administrator.
I got a pop up box with a message saying there was an I/O
error reading the registry and that I should contact my systems
administrator... Well thats me... So I told myself.

I was able to log in as adminstrator but it looks like I got a brand
new user 'administrator'...

I looked under documents and settings and saw an administrator.bak

I rebooted and got the same error....

So what should I do.

I've been told that I should login in in safe mode (Press f8) and then
use regscan in a dos box....

HELP!?
 
J

JustSomeGuy

Dave Patrick said:
Follow the steps here to replace the corrupt profile.

http://support.microsoft.com/?id=296834
Click to expand...

Are you saying I need a copy of the registry and restore that?

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

JustSomeGuy said:
I booted my system today and logged in as administrator.
I got a pop up box with a message saying there was an I/O
error reading the registry and that I should contact my systems
administrator... Well thats me... So I told myself.

I was able to log in as adminstrator but it looks like I got a brand
new user 'administrator'...

I looked under documents and settings and saw an administrator.bak

I rebooted and got the same error....

So what should I do.

I've been told that I should login in in safe mode (Press f8) and then
use regscan in a dos box....

HELP!?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
S

SpreadTooThin

No not saying that at all. Did you read the article?

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]http://www.microsoft.com/protect

JustSomeGuy said:
Are you saying I need a copy of the registry and restore that?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

I did and followed the links, because this is not a new installation.
So I'm not sure that the fix is valid....
 
D

Dave Patrick

New installation or not. It doesn't make any difference. The fix for a new
install is after-the-fact so a moot point.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
 
D

Dave Patrick

Note step one "Create a new user account that has Administrator rights"

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
 
S

SpreadTooThin

Note step one "Create a new user account that has Administrator rights"
Click to expand...

The new user is was a superuser, my bad.

So what happens to all of the administrators documents?
Its like that whole administrator folder is gone?
--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]http://www.microsoft.com/protect

SpreadTooThin said:
There is no adminstrator account in the list of Profiles.
There is an administrator.bak which I can not delete.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
S

SpreadTooThin

Note step one "Create a new user account that has Administrator rights"

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]http://www.microsoft.com/protect

SpreadTooThin said:
There is no adminstrator account in the list of Profiles.
There is an administrator.bak which I can not delete.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...

I figured it was a good time to make a copy of Administrator folder.
However when I tired to make a copy I got an i/o error reading that
folder.
I am suspecting there is a bad sector on the hard drive.
I will follow through with your instructions.. but I suspect that
there is something wrong with the drive and that the new adminstrator
created will have the same issues.

As the new adminstrator (privledged) user, I tried running some of my
licenced software
and it complained... I figure I've now lost my licencing....
 
D

Dave Patrick

Shouldn't be gone unless there was some disk failure and or major file
system corruption.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
 
D

Dave Patrick

Yes, I agree the disk may have failed. I'd download and run the
manufacturer's disk diagnostic tools.


--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
 
S

SpreadTooThin

Yes, I agree the disk may have failed. I'd download and run the
manufacturer's disk diagnostic tools.
Click to expand...

I hate this new google newsreader....
I now have two administrator folders.
Administrator and Administrator.bak

I'm sure I know what to do with mydocumets, favorites, Desktop, Start
Menu
but where is the information about my software licencing?

There are a few oem1.inf and PNF files... What are those?

default.pls

Installer.log
and a bunch of usb*.* files...
and of course NTUSER.DAT.... Which I suspect is where my stuff is...
but how am I to recover it?
 
D

Dave Patrick

ntuser.dat is the current user hive of the registry. You'll have to ask the
developer where they stored your license since that isn't a function of the
operating system. I doubt that it would be an element of the current user
hive of the registry.


http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/support/newsgroups/howto.mspx
also
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.win2000.setup


--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
 
S

SpreadTooThin

I hate this new google newsreader....
I now have two administrator folders.
Administrator and Administrator.bak

I'm sure I know what to do with mydocumets, favorites, Desktop, Start
Menu
but where is the information about my software licencing?

There are a few oem1.inf and PNF files... What are those?

default.pls

Installer.log
and a bunch of usb*.* files...
and of course NTUSER.DAT.... Which I suspect is where my stuff is...
but how am I to recover it?
Click to expand...

It seems there is a crc error in NTUSER.DAT....
Ok.. I understand what that is but how can I at least pars this file
an extract stuff from it?
 
G

Guest

Dave Patrick said:
ntuser.dat is the current user hive of the registry. You'll have to ask the
developer where they stored your license since that isn't a function of the
operating system. I doubt that it would be an element of the current user
hive of the registry.


http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/support/newsgroups/howto.mspx
also
http://www.microsoft.com/communities/newsgroups/en-us/default.aspx?dg=microsoft.public.win2000.setup
Click to expand...

cool.. thanks...
Ok now about reparing that CRC error in administrator.bak's NTUSER.DAT.
What can I use to check out this file?

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

SpreadTooThin said:
I hate this new google newsreader....
I now have two administrator folders.
Administrator and Administrator.bak

I'm sure I know what to do with mydocumets, favorites, Desktop, Start
Menu
but where is the information about my software licencing?

There are a few oem1.inf and PNF files... What are those?

default.pls

Installer.log
and a bunch of usb*.* files...
and of course NTUSER.DAT.... Which I suspect is where my stuff is...
but how am I to recover it?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
D

Dave Patrick

I doubt if it's possible. I'd verify the license store then possibly get in
touch with one of the drive recovery specialist if necessary. Either case
stop using the disk immediately.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
 
G

Guest

Dave Patrick said:
I doubt if it's possible. I'd verify the license store then possibly get in
touch with one of the drive recovery specialist if necessary. Either case
stop using the disk immediately.

--
Click to expand...

The Licence store???? What and where is that and how do I verify it?
Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

SpreadTooThin said:
It seems there is a crc error in NTUSER.DAT....
Ok.. I understand what that is but how can I at least pars this file
an extract stuff from it?
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
D

Dave Patrick

We've no idea. This isn't a function of the operating system. You'll need to
get in touch with the application developer.

--

Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect
 

Ask a Question

Want to reply to this thread or ask your own question?

You'll need to choose a username for the site, which only take a couple of moments. After that, you can post your question and our members will help you out.

Ask a Question

Similar Threads

Cannot Log On after a Hive Corruption 8
Administrator profile corrupted? 3
Restoring Corrupt Administrator.bak file 8
Adminstrator Rights 1
administrator without admin rights 4
Trying to recover from system disk failure 4
Windows XP Recovery Console 1
registry editing 6

Top