WinXP ASMS fix not working!

[Rich Vanasse]

Hi - I had reason to refresh my install from the CD after
MS error reporting got into a loop with an Iomega .sys
file (it wouldn't stop!). I nuked the Iomega directory
and .sys file after having gotten a couple of blue
screens. Now all I get is one big blue-screen loop, and it
doesn't hold still long enough to see what it's about.
I've gone in through the recovery console and disabled
IOMDISK (.sys) - that was what the original message was
about - but it made no difference. When I do the "install"
option, then choose to repair Windows, I get the ASMS file
message; at that point the system doesn't seem to
recognize either the DVD or CD-ROM drives that are hooked
up (even though it's been using them for the upgrade). I
tried the 311755 fix, and even though it lets me load the
hive and make the changes, no matter how many times I go
through the cycle, it still shows the ASMS message and I
still can't get past it. I've created another install on
the same partition, but I need to have my original install
in working order, again (there's just too much to rebuild
in the original install). Can you help? Thanks.

 

[Simon Woolley]

Hi,

You can try the following. Boot into the Recovery console.
Change to c:\windows\system32\config
Rename system to system.old
copy system from c:\windows\repair
restart the machine.

You may need to reinstall your hardware drivers. This has saved me a couple
of times.

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Regards
Simon Woolley

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