Registry... Windows\system32\config... System

[POP]

Have a friends PC which willl not boot, well, keeps rebooting.

Putting hdd into mine there are loads of .dmp files and when opening them
even though show alot of machine code there is a line... about
windows\system32\config\system is corrupt.

Repair folder has a file 6mb size where normal 'software file' is only
1.6mb. Being smaller leading me to believe is corrupted. Thinking of copying
repair folder system file to config folder but was just wondering what you
all do to protect your registry... How do you get the 'repair folder' copies
upto date, they are currently 18months old, presumably when pc built.

TIA

 

[Curt Christianson]

Hi POP,

Your best bet would be to do a "repair install" of XP. You can find
complete instructions here:

http://michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

HTH,

 

[Newbie Coder]

POP,

I don't see what the size has to do with it

 

[Terry]

On 4/12/2007 12:32 PM On a whim, POP pounded out on the keyboard

Have a friends PC which willl not boot, well, keeps rebooting.

Putting hdd into mine there are loads of .dmp files and when opening them
even though show alot of machine code there is a line... about
windows\system32\config\system is corrupt.

Repair folder has a file 6mb size where normal 'software file' is only
1.6mb. Being smaller leading me to believe is corrupted. Thinking of copying
repair folder system file to config folder but was just wondering what you
all do to protect your registry... How do you get the 'repair folder' copies
upto date, they are currently 18months old, presumably when pc built.

TIA

Hi Pop,

BEFORE you try a repair install, read here:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545


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[Newbie Coder]

Terry,

That's a great article/link

 

[Curt Christianson]

Terry,

I forgot about that one. Nice catch!

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[Terry]

On 4/12/2007 1:19 PM On a whim, Curt Christianson pounded out on the
keyboard

Terry,

I forgot about that one. Nice catch!

Hey, that's why there's so many of us. We have to all watch each others
backs! It happens with me too.

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[Terry]

On 4/12/2007 1:15 PM On a whim, Newbie Coder pounded out on the keyboard

Terry,

That's a great article/link

Only had to use it once, but it saved my clients butt.

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[POP]

Thanks for assistance peeps,

Newbie.. Im assuming 'system' would grow over time hence my thoughts a
smaller file today than 18 months ago points to being corrupted.

Terry... will try your link then if all fails then move onto Curt link /
suggestion of repair..

Thanks all again, backing up hard drive at mo incase all goes belly up...
;-)

 

[JohnO]

Only had to use it once, but it saved my clients butt.

A couple years ago I had that same error...Boot the console and renamed
SYSTEM.BAK and all was well, inside of five minutes...once we figured out
what "SYSTEM" was. Odd that Windows can't locate it's own backup though.

-John O

 

[Rock]

Have a friends PC which willl not boot, well, keeps rebooting.

Putting hdd into mine there are loads of .dmp files and when opening them
even though show alot of machine code there is a line... about
windows\system32\config\system is corrupt.

Repair folder has a file 6mb size where normal 'software file' is only
1.6mb. Being smaller leading me to believe is corrupted. Thinking of
copying repair folder system file to config folder but was just wondering
what you all do to protect your registry... How do you get the 'repair
folder' copies upto date, they are currently 18months old, presumably when
pc built.

For backing up the registry look at ERUNT. Use scheduled tasks to make a
daily backup. When set up properly, if something corrupts the registry, a
backup can be restored from the recovery console.

ERUNT
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/erunt.txt

Installing and Using ERUNT
http://www.silentrunners.org/sr_eruntuse.html
http://www.winxptutor.com/regback.htm

 

[POP]

Thanks for that Rock..looks just right, now how many friends do I need to
install this on... ;-)

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Have a friends PC which willl not boot, well, keeps rebooting.

Putting hdd into mine there are loads of .dmp files and when opening them
even though show alot of machine code there is a line... about
windows\system32\config\system is corrupt.

Repair folder has a file 6mb size where normal 'software file' is only
1.6mb. Being smaller leading me to believe is corrupted. Thinking of
copying repair folder system file to config folder but was just wondering
what you all do to protect your registry... How do you get the 'repair
folder' copies upto date, they are currently 18months old, presumably when
pc built.

TIA

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry that Prevents Windows XP from
Starting
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545

Once you've recovered, you might want to look here, as well:

How to Troubleshoot Registry Corruption Issues
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822705


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