http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r20574868 en Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:00:23 EDT Wed, 10 Feb 2010 10:00:23 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20591097 e2727 : Thanks now i understand it better how it works]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20591097 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:58:53 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20590872 bcastner : You cannot reinstall XP from the Recovery Console. You can, sometimes, repair a failed boot.

The above suggestion to run chkdsk /r is a good one, and I would start there. Then type, in order:

fixmbr
fixboot
bootcfg /Rebuild

The last command will ask you a series of questions about identified XP installations. Use the default answer it provides in every case.

exit
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20590872 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 15:21:33 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20590658 koma3504 : Try runing a chkdsk /r noting the space between chkdsk and the / if that does not fix your issue i do think there is a command to fix the mbr but i do not recall what it is exactley at the moment.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20590658 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:39:48 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20590607 e2727 : I installed the recovery console from Microsoft, now it works from both the Cd and the boot up option, but can you reinstall XP from the recovery console, or if it just for the fixing the boot if you can't boot, like the FIXBOOT commands like that, just not to sure what recovery console can fully do, never really use it,thanks to everyone for the help ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20590607 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 14:29:52 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20589057 koma3504 : Are you booting to the recovery console of the Xp cd or is it instlalled as a boot up option ??]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20589057 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 10:22:48 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20588758 bcastner : Yes, you could try to harvest the registry hives from either a Live CD or as a slave drive. This is decidedly non-trivial, but it can work as jaa discussed above.

References:
»support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545
A "plain English" explanation of the process written by Charlie White: »www.digitalwebcast.com/2002/03_m···toot.htm

After harvesting and moving the registry files, remount the drive (if slaved) and use System Restore.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20588758 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 09:21:19 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20588488 jaa : I have had the problem before where the registry is not readable. I put the hard drive in another computer, renamed the registry files, and then manually copied them from a recent restore point. The computer then booted properly into safe mode, and I did a system restore.
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Your hard drive has very serious problems.

If neither using Setup nor Recovery Console can perceive a valid installed XP image, you would have to use a Linux Live CD like Knoppix or similar (if using the NTFS filestore, a DOS or Win9x Boot CD if using FAT32) to be able to copy user data to another drive. Then the drive needs to be reformatted (if it is salvageable) and XP installed clean. Then restore XP from your Backups.

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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20588322 Wed, 04 Jun 2008 06:16:32 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20575502 e2727 : It seems like the repair option is not available, and it don't ask for a password, why is the repair option not available?
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»www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrep···warning2

Cudni]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20575152 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:26:00 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20575118 La Luna : Is it asking for the administrator password?

Screenshots:

»www.windowsnetworking.com/articl···ons.html]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20575118 Sun, 01 Jun 2008 22:19:46 EDT http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,20574868 e2727 : I was going to fix my Windows XP that would not boot, i tryed to use the Recovery Console for system repair and recovery functionality, but when i get to it say Which Windows installation would you like to log on to, i put in 1 than nothing happens,if i press enter it starts all over,so i can't go beyoned after i enter the 1,anyone know what i am doing wrong? thanks

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