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| Thread ID: 125314 | 2012-06-20 00:25:00 | Need a way to reformat old HP Pavilion A7 47C (recovery mod broken) WinXP | applejack2j (16815) | Press F1 |
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| 1282915 | 2012-06-21 04:47:00 | I just realized that there was an option (I missed it earlier) to burn a recovery CD. I'll test that out first, and if all fails I will execute "winnt32.exe"; yes the i386 is on the C:/ drive; I presume this will repair the registry error? Yes, I also cleaned out the junk that was inside this 2004 PC, it was a nightmare but I made it through. I cannot upload message in the meantime, but I took a picture of the error earlier. I'll type it out so you know what was going on exactly: ------------- STOP: c0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry cannot load the hive (file): \SystemRoot\System32\Config\SECURITY or its log or alternative. It is corrupt, absent, or not writable. ---- Thanks for the help so far! |
applejack2j (16815) | ||
| 1282916 | 2012-06-21 07:05:00 | if all fails I will execute "winnt32.exe"; yes the i386 is on the C:/ drive; I presume this will repair the registry error? Depends on where the problem is. While it gives the reg key, that doesn't actually mean a repair install will fix it. If its 2004 vintage, and never been reinstalled, it about time to do it. Side Note: Still Waiting for those parts, :mad: So I retired XP again on another faster PC, this time it worked perfectly. Following the previous instructions, I had the i386 folder on a flash drive. The HDD had one single partition, formatted to NTFS, booted from the W7 Repair CD to command prompt window, and had to locate the flash drive -- it went like this -- at the command prompt, typed in D: <enter> then DIR, looked for i386 folder -- NOPE. Typed in E: looked for i386 folder and found it, typed in CD i386 <press enter> typed in winnt32.exe <press Enter> and away it went, copied the files in about 4 minutes, went back to the Command prompt, rebooted and installed as normal. The only down side is if the original i386 folder has corruption - then you'll need a CD to install. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1282917 | 2012-06-22 00:20:00 | Hm. Can I assume that the "W7 Repair CD" mean any recovery CD? I don't think so right? Gateway W7 CDs wouldn't work with HP desktop pcs? | applejack2j (16815) | ||
| 1282918 | 2012-06-22 00:23:00 | Recovery disks typically have an image of the OS and not the official Microsoft Windows installer. They also come bundled with all the drivers for the hardware, so if you try to use it on a different machine, it will "install" the wrong drivers and probably won't work. |
Agent_24 (57) | ||
| 1282919 | 2012-06-22 00:46:00 | Thanks a lot, Agent_24. I just found my old SONY VAIO Windows XP Recovery DVD. I'm going to execute the repair function on it. However, I will only do that after the HP Recovery CD Creator software fails. I haven't found the time to get back to the HP (it's not mine). Thank you. I'll update this thread about future progress. I'm confident that one of these two options will work (after all, I have a Windows XP recovery CD now). |
applejack2j (16815) | ||
| 1282920 | 2012-06-22 00:46:00 | The Windows 7 Repair CD has several files that allow windows to be fixed, ( including the Command prompt option) it doesn't actually contain the full Operating system. The actual size of the CD is only 142MB, ( 32bit version) where as a full install is over 2GB. Typically it has the Boot.wim & other files relating to the boot options , which is the main boot section of windows, it has a range of tools to allow manual and pre automated fixes to try and repair any OS that is damaged and cant boot/load Normally. It has amongst other things option to install backups you have made. A "real" recovery DVD will have all the drivers and OS / Programs for what ever Computer it was made for. The windows DVD also has the repair functions, you can boot from that and select "Repair Computer" which will then bring up the Repair options as per the Repair CD. The reason I suggested A windows 7 Repair CD is because it runs whats called WinPE,(Windows Preinstallation Environment ) and can see SATA drives, where as older bootable CD's that have DOS based Commands may not. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1282921 | 2012-06-22 02:05:00 | ------------- STOP: c0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry cannot load the hive (file): \SystemRoot\System32\Config\SECURITY or its log or alternative. Corrupt registry. A repair install WILL NOT fix this . You may also have a failing hard drive, not too surprising with an old XP PC If system restore was enabled, then corrupt reg is fixable by copying across one of the many copies of the 5 registry files support.microsoft.com Also try, F8 'last good /working' option |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1282922 | 2012-06-22 02:14:00 | Just some info on that Fix 1101 -- that often fails and is a long way around doing it. Theres two quicker ways. 1. Boot into Safe mode with Command Prompt ,then type C:\windows\system32\restore\rstrui.exe and system restore will run. OR another way is to run it from the recovery console, with certain DOS commands. I wont post them here as this forum actually displays them wrong, so I have them in a PDF on a site I can link to. |
wainuitech (129) | ||
| 1282923 | 2012-06-22 02:25:00 | Cheers. I dont do it that long way either, I just posted that for applejack2j , would take to long to type out my quicker method:via Bart CD & Total commander. I'll stick rstrui.exe method in my notebook though , thanks. |
1101 (13337) | ||
| 1282924 | 2012-06-22 02:26:00 | opps, hickup , cant del this double post | 1101 (13337) | ||
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