win xp

[Sammy Castagna]

I am trying to help a friend with a computer and I am not
very good at it. But I would like to ask. It blue screens
at start up saying registry error. I can not get it to
start in the safe mode or the last known good config same
blue screen error. The only thing I would know to do to it
now is to format and reinstall. Would that be correct?

Sammy Castagna

 

[Michael D. Alligood]

Depending on the specific error, it could be possible to recover. However,
if you or you friend do not free comfortable performing the necessary
steps -- then yes, reformatting and reloading is the easiest way to go.

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Best of luck!

Michael D. Alligood
MCSA, MCP, A+, Network+,
i-Net+, CIW A, CIW CI

 

[Guest]

First step would be to boot to the Win XP cd and try a repair. You might have to enter setup first to set the cd drive as the first boot device. Look up Recovery Console in Help for more.

 

[Sammy Castagna]

Thanks, Michael and Mary

Sammy

-----Original Message-----
First step would be to boot to the Win XP cd and try a

repair. You might have to enter setup first to set the cd
drive as the first boot device. Look up Recovery Console
in Help for more.

 

[Michael D. Alligood]

anytime. let me know if i can be of service.

--
Best of luck!

Michael D. Alligood
MCSA, MCP, A+, Network+,
i-Net+, CIW A, CIW CI

 

[GateKeeper]

If you post the exact text of the error message, there is a good chance
someone on this newsgroup can give you an exact fix for the problem.

 

[Sammy Castagna]

Stop: 0X00000051 0X00000003 0X00000003
0X00000000 0XE1C19000

Sammy

 

[Michael D. Alligood]

Try this Sammy
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;815265#appliesto

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Best of luck!

Michael D. Alligood
MCSA, MCP, A+, Network+,
i-Net+, CIW A, CIW CI

 

[Hilary Karp]

Try booting into safe mode with command prompt. If you can get in that
way then do a system restore from the command line:

C:\Windows\System32\restore\rstrui.exe
then press Enter

If it won't boot into safe mode with command prompt then you might need
to try a repair install. This should preserve the data and programs
however things can go wrong. If there is data on the drive he can't
loose, one option is to first put it in another XP system as a slave
drive and try copying the data. Then do the repair install from the
original system.

Good luck.

 

[Hilary Karp]

Sammy this indicates a problem with the registry. Look at these links
before you try anything:

0x00000051: REGISTRY_ERROR
http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm

 

[Sammy Castagna]

Thank all of you. I will study all the info. I told the
guy I would try to do something with it tomorrow we just
found the operating system restore disk it is a Dell
machine. It is too late to start tonight. 10:42 pm

Sammy