Wayne
March 11th 04, 03:41 AM
New Post to help get help! :-) ~Wayne
Subject: Re: Windows XP will not start in Safe Mode so
recovery or reinstall?
From: "Wayne" >
Sent: 3/7/2004 3:16:31 PM
Thanks for your help, but I still have a couple
questions. :-) Since I do not get any error message, how
do I know that the problem is a corrupted registry and
whether I should do a recovery or a repair or in-place
upgrade reinstall? I searched the Knowledge Base but did
not find anything directly addressing either of these two
questions. Thanks, ~ Wayne
>-----Original Message-----
>
>"Wayne" > wrote in
message ...
>> Windows XP will not start in Safe Mode so recovery or
>> reinstall?
>>
>> If I should use the recovery console on the CD-ROM
instead
>> of doing a repair or inplace upgrade reinstall, what
>> commands do I use to do the recovery?
>>
>> Previous message on Mar 4 2004 9:05
>> Previous subbject: Windows XP will not start past the
disk
>> check
>>
>> My XP computer will not continue to start up Windows,
>> either after it does a disk check or if I pass on that
>> option. I pushed the F8 key to try the boot menu
options
>> and none of them worked past the disk check! I put in
the
>> Windows XP CD-ROM so it could boot from that but that
did
>> not help so I do not know if it even accessed it. It
is
>> an upgrade disk so maybe it does not work as a boot
disk.
>> The Debugging option showed a bunch of lines of text
about
>> various driver files and then just stopped and froze.
>> Does this mean a virus destroyed files on the hard
drive
>> or has the hard drive just malfunctioned or could XP
have
>> caused it to be messed up? I upgraded from 98 1st
Edition
>> and it seems to have been working fine and then all of
a
>> sudden this!
>>
>> Last night I downloaded a video driver set up file and
>> installed it but nothing happened. It was for a PCI
>> Nvideo (I think) card and I guessed at it being a
GeForce
>> model. Today when I was checking CMOS, I found that it
>> was evidently the onboard AGP that was being used. I
>> selected the PCI option for graphics thinking that
maybe
>> the problem was caused by the driver I had installed,
but
>> when that did not help it start, I put it back to the
AGP
>> option. Since the computer seemed to work fine last
night
>> after downloading and installing the video driver for
the
>> PCI video card not being used, I really doubt it has
>> anything to do with it unless that download included a
>> virus. Anything anybody can tell me would be greatly
>> appreciated! Thank you, ~ Wayne
>================================================== ========
>How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry That Prevents
Windows XP from Starting
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;307545
>================================================== ========
Subject: Re: Windows XP will not start in Safe Mode so
recovery or reinstall?
From: "Wayne" >
Sent: 3/7/2004 3:16:31 PM
Thanks for your help, but I still have a couple
questions. :-) Since I do not get any error message, how
do I know that the problem is a corrupted registry and
whether I should do a recovery or a repair or in-place
upgrade reinstall? I searched the Knowledge Base but did
not find anything directly addressing either of these two
questions. Thanks, ~ Wayne
>-----Original Message-----
>
>"Wayne" > wrote in
message ...
>> Windows XP will not start in Safe Mode so recovery or
>> reinstall?
>>
>> If I should use the recovery console on the CD-ROM
instead
>> of doing a repair or inplace upgrade reinstall, what
>> commands do I use to do the recovery?
>>
>> Previous message on Mar 4 2004 9:05
>> Previous subbject: Windows XP will not start past the
disk
>> check
>>
>> My XP computer will not continue to start up Windows,
>> either after it does a disk check or if I pass on that
>> option. I pushed the F8 key to try the boot menu
options
>> and none of them worked past the disk check! I put in
the
>> Windows XP CD-ROM so it could boot from that but that
did
>> not help so I do not know if it even accessed it. It
is
>> an upgrade disk so maybe it does not work as a boot
disk.
>> The Debugging option showed a bunch of lines of text
about
>> various driver files and then just stopped and froze.
>> Does this mean a virus destroyed files on the hard
drive
>> or has the hard drive just malfunctioned or could XP
have
>> caused it to be messed up? I upgraded from 98 1st
Edition
>> and it seems to have been working fine and then all of
a
>> sudden this!
>>
>> Last night I downloaded a video driver set up file and
>> installed it but nothing happened. It was for a PCI
>> Nvideo (I think) card and I guessed at it being a
GeForce
>> model. Today when I was checking CMOS, I found that it
>> was evidently the onboard AGP that was being used. I
>> selected the PCI option for graphics thinking that
maybe
>> the problem was caused by the driver I had installed,
but
>> when that did not help it start, I put it back to the
AGP
>> option. Since the computer seemed to work fine last
night
>> after downloading and installing the video driver for
the
>> PCI video card not being used, I really doubt it has
>> anything to do with it unless that download included a
>> virus. Anything anybody can tell me would be greatly
>> appreciated! Thank you, ~ Wayne
>================================================== ========
>How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry That Prevents
Windows XP from Starting
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;307545
>================================================== ========