Error 0x80090006

[Daniel Huber]

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ERROR 0x80090006 on WindowsXP
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Keywords:
Windosx XP, Windows Product Activation, ERROR 0x80090006"
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After a hardware repair that included a hard disc replacement an
subsequent cloning of
WindowsXP we got an error ERROR 0x80090006 that prevented any logins.
Here is how we could fix this problem without loosing any data.
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1. Boot
A second operating system (e.g. Windwos 2000) was installed and
started.
In the system order of the cloned WindowsXP, the following 3 files
were deleted:
%SystemRoot%\system32\Wpa.Dbl
%SystemRoot%\system32\oobe\MsOobe.Exe
%SystemRoot%\dllcache\MsOobe.Exe
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2. Boot
Boot from the original WindowsXP CD (if you need any additional
drivers, do not forget tp press "F6") and do a repair installation.
Note:
- choose NOT the first repair (Windows Recovery Console)
- but the second repair (repair installation).
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3. Boot
After rebooting from the harddisk, the installation proceeds with the
repair-install.
This take approx. 30 minutes.
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4. This step may be unique to our configuration and may not happen
under other circumstances.
If your system boots without problems, skip this step.
In our case after the above, booting was no more possible. The problem
was, that
\NTLDR,
\NTDETECT.COM
\BOOT.INI
were missing. This was fixed by:

4.0 Boot from the CD into the recovery console (first repair: R)
Give the following commands:
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4.1
FIXMBR
this repaires the Master Boot Record (MBR) of the system partition.
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4.2
FIXBOOT
this repaires the Partition Boot Sector.
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4.3
BOOTCFG /REBUILD
this creates a new "BOOT.INI" file.
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4.4
COPY %cd%\i386\NDLDR c:\
copies the NTLDR from the CD to the root directory of the boot drive.
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4.5
COPY %cd%\i386\NTDETECT.COM c:\
copies the NTDETECT from the CD to the root directory of the boot
drive.
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4.8
EXIT
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5. Boot
Now WindowXP started without error.
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