And in a less painful way. As the techniques given here perfectly illustrate, Windows' recovery options are nothing but a bad joke. How do we eliminate one of those options? I'm bringin' the Yankee pain. That's because in the likely event the registry breaks enough to break Windows altogether, there's nothing you can do about it but reinstall. The registry pretty much guarantees that NO rescue disk whatsoever will succeed at fixing Windows if the problem lies within its stores.
Compound this problem with the fact that the registry has a horribly low tolerance for invalid data stored inside it, no matter how innocuous. No boot disk can access it, not even Microsoft'd own crippled recovery console can do anything about it.
This, along with things like drive letter access, the fact that its still really a single-user system, and the fact that Microsoft can't secure it properly largely BECAUSE it's a single user system, are all reasons why Windows is a horribly inferior operating system.
Poorly designed. VERY poorly designed. To the point you only get a handful of options for even fixing it if it breaks before you have to reinstall it. Which is horrible because the drive letter system makes reinstalling it a real hassle, as not only do you have to reinstall your software, but backup and reinstall ALL your data.
You can fix both with even basic text editors from boot disks, no matter what the configuration is that's broken. I can even fix a broken initramfs from a boot disk. You just can't do that with Windows. Well got used Dell and my God its a pain. Just freezes up on that screen and only option is to hold power button for 7 seconds as ctrl-alt-del does nothing also.
Any help would be wonderful! Totally lost as to what to do. INI It says "No matching files were found. Anyone know what to do? The problem is I know nothing about XP so I'm always stuck with using a combination of common sense and Google. I got stuck with a Config error last week and could not fix it, had to send to the repair guys, but now I know, thanks so much for this Once I located an XP boot disk, took me half an hour to recover the computer.
Thanks much and Happy Holidays to all. Is there a way to get rid of the old version? Help please! Unfortunately every command: "No matching files were found" OR "The system cannot the file or directory specified". I have cloned the drive in question and tried this process on the original and the clone with the same results. Could somebody please help?
After the question "Which windows installation would you like to log onto" I have tried 3 and 2 and get "Invalid selection. Got to recovery console. I should point out i've have had a major crash. After i've done this the desktop icons begin slowly to appear. Now what happens is that every application in startup IE. Browser, Outlook, AVG, and just about everything else comes up with the same error.
I have a backup and the errors were all automatically backed up to that as well as this happens on both disks. Now i have managed to go through this above process in safe mode and execute a system restore 3 times now. Always the same errors. I bit the bullet and decided to do a rtepair install, but you guessed it, repair is not an option.
I am trying very hard to get this system up as you can see. I am now determined to get this operating system going again, even if just for the experience rather than the recovery of the data, because it is all accessible from Vista and in duplicate.
Also, I have run Chkdsc from recovery. Thanks in advance, Paul. This is instantly my favorite page in the universe. The Repair install is not an option on the setup XP setup page. I don't know why. This is a basic precaution that i would recommend as yes i almost caused a disaster one time before!
This fixed up my issue immediately. Thank you so much for posting this. God bless you. Be grateful for those who "create" stuff. What have you created that is better than windows? You're just a USER. Grow up and bury your bias. After that, you will be asked to create your user name and any other user names for people using the computer. You can add and remove users later if you wish.
Update Windows. After setup is complete, you will be taken to your Windows XP desktop. The repair installation reverted Windows back to its initial state, which means any updates, patches, and service packs that were installed have been removed. You need to update your computer as soon as possible to ensure that you are protected from threats. Continue troubleshooting.
If your problem has been fixed, then your repair installation most likely worked. If you are still experiencing problems though, you may need to take your repair efforts further and perform a completely clean install. This will involve wiping your hard drive of all data and starting over from scratch. See this guide for detailed instruction on performing a clean installation.
See this guide for upgrading to Windows 7 and this guide for upgrading to Windows 8. Not Helpful 3 Helpful 5. I can't get to step 9. I get the message "Insufficient virtual memory". What do I do? You have to delete system32 from your files: 1.
Select files. Click local disk :C. Click on Windows. Search system32 and delete it. Not Helpful 46 Helpful 5. Include your email address to get a message when this question is answered. Helpful 0 Not Helpful 0. Submit a Tip All tip submissions are carefully reviewed before being published. A repair installation should not affect your personal data, but back everything important up just in case.
Helpful 8 Not Helpful 6. A repair install will fix any files system files affected by a virus, but will not remove the virus itself. This means that the files could become infected again unless the virus is removed. Helpful 6 Not Helpful 5. You Might Also Like How to. How to. Co-authors: Updated: June 3, Categories: XP Instructions. Article Summary X 1. Nederlands: Een Windows XP installatie herstellen. Thanks to all authors for creating a page that has been read , times.
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About This Article. Do not press any key because you will start another installation, just wait the installation to continue. First window dialog will ask you to choose your Regional and Language Options settings. Choose the appropriate settings and click Next. Enter Your Product Key then press Next to continue. Press No to continue. Windows repair will make a second restart. Press Next to continue.
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