Recovering Registry With OEM Installed Xp Home
Oct 19, 2007
after forcing my laptop off, i restarted it only to find that the registry had become corrupted blue screen message: stop:0000218 {registry file failure}i searched the forums and found that i need to restart the computer using the windows xp (home) start up cd to access the recovery console.the problem is that the laptop came with an OEM installed operating system so not only do i NOT have a start up disk,but i also found a caution that the recovery console proceedure will not work with an OEM installed system.
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Mar 25, 2006
Bit of a long story but here are the highlightsAdded spare memory stick and PC booted up OK Closed down PC, fixed cover on, tried to reboot but failed, got message from Windows saying system files corrupt Found process on Microsoft KB http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/en-us and carried this out. Only difference being that I was able to use XP from a second drive to do some of the copying which saved me from going in to Recovery Console all the time Last step in the process is to do a system restore but I get a message that this was not able to complete Tried several restore points
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Aug 22, 2007
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Apr 14, 2007
I just recently installed a new hard drive and uploaded windows xp professional. To my surprise I continue to get this box that pops up and says" Critical error message! Registry damaged and corrupted. To fix this problem: open IE and type www.registryxp.com Once you load the web page, close this message window. After you install the cleaner program you will not recieve any more reminders or pop ups like this one". I went to that page and it wants to charge me to sign up for a registry cleaner. This box pops up every 2 minutes or so . I've tried other registry cleaners and pop up blockers, spyware removal, deleting cookies, add/ remove programs, everything I can think of but to no avail. I know that it's hiding somewhere but I'm not too computer literate to go to far into my system without the proper help.
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I installed Win XP Home on a computer that already had it installed. I really wanted to do a reformat and then install Win XP Home. So, now when I boot up, I get a choice of either of the installations. I want to delete one of them; how can I do this? Once this is done, and when I have more time, I would like to do a clean install. How do I do that?
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Feb 18, 2006
I successfully upgraded my Gateway from ME to XP Home editions the service paks, except there is a problem with my audio. The audio is scratchy and barely audible when I startup. When I "uncheck" the box "1 speaker digital" in the volume control menu, the sound is works fine not loud enough but ok. The problem is that when I shut down or researt the computer, that checkbox defaults with a check mark and next startup. Gateway says there is a conflict with the sound card and the hard drive and suggested that I download a driver I ALREADY had on there.I have been on the phone for almost one week with Microsoft, and they cannot seem to fix the problem either.
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May 12, 2006
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Aug 13, 2006
is it ok to partition a hdd with an OEM version of windows XP home installed on it? i want to buy this oem copy of XP home(http://www.cclonline.com/product-info.asp?product_id=949&category_id=225&manufacturer_id=0) for an existing PC, which already has another OS on it. I have to wipe the hard drive before I can install the OEM XP home, since this version was meant to be distributed with new PCs only. But after I've wiped it, and have installed XP home, I plan to partition the drive and install another OS, is that ok?
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This probably isn't really a Windows question but I can't find a better place to put it.I'm trying to recover files from a Dell laptop that won't boot into Windows. I think the partition is corrupt but I don't know enough to say for sure. When I try to boot normally, it says "NTLDR is missing".When I use a Windows installation disk (as if I were going to install or repair Windows), and I get to the part where it asks me to choose a partition, it shows the partition as "C: Unknown" where the other partitions (from Dell) are FAT or FAT32. When I run Ubuntu off of a LiveCD, I can see a "52.1 GB Volume: disk", but when I try to open that it tells me "The folder contents could not be displayed". The DellRestore and DellUtility partitions can be browsed normally.
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