Restore from Repair or Reinstall

[Guest]

From a C repair prompt.. is it possible to do a restore back to a point....

OR, is is possible to do a reinstall without loosing all programs and data.

Windows XP Pro

 

[Bert Kinney]

Hi Richard,

SR can be accessed via the command propt, look here for
instructions.
How to start the System Restore tool at a command prompt in
Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304449

 

[Guest]

Bert, thank you for your reply.. however when I do this in safe mode.. I get
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt
\winnt\system32\config\system
Any Ideas?

Hi Richard,

SR can be accessed via the command propt, look here for
instructions.
How to start the System Restore tool at a command prompt in
Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304449

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

From a C repair prompt.. is it possible to do a restore
back to a
point....

OR, is is possible to do a reinstall without loosing all
programs and
data.

Windows XP Pro

 

[Bert Kinney]

There four troubleshooting steps listed in this article to
perform in the case of this error.

How to troubleshoot a Stop 0xC0000218 error:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q314874

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

Bert, thank you for your reply.. however when I do this
in safe mode.. I get Windows could not start because the
following file is missing or corrupt
\winnt\system32\config\system
Any Ideas?

Hi Richard,

SR can be accessed via the command propt, look here for
instructions.
How to start the System Restore tool at a command prompt
in Windows XP:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/304449

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

From a C repair prompt.. is it possible to do a restore
back to a
point....

OR, is is possible to do a reinstall without loosing all
programs and
data.

Windows XP Pro