Re: how to run an executable file when Windows won't start
ok, well the KB article didn't work because some of the files can't be found
in the repair steps.
I tried the repair installation that you suggested, but I can't complete
step 5 in the instructions you linked to, because that's not an option. I
press R, and nothing happens. After step 4, it says to make sure the current
installation of XP is selected in the box and then press R, but there is no
such box. After I press F8 to accept the license agreement (step 4), it goes
to a screen where I select where to install Windows and my only option is
just to completely reinstall. I'd like to avoid that if possible.
Are these instructions out of date?
"db.·.. ><))) ·>` .. ." wrote:
> you may simply try the
> method of "repairing the o.s."
> utilizing a windows setup cd.
>
> a "repair" will replace
> any missing or corrupted
> system files with genuine
> ones from the cd:
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/helpandsupport/learnmore/tips/doug92.mspx
>
>
>
> --
>
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> "courtney nhc" <courtneynhc@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:13912CB4-711C-4737-87B2-1AD5A499942C@microsoft.com...
> > Thanks for the info! The file that can't be copied is SAM, which is also the
> > one that can't be loaded and is causing Windows to not start.
> >
> > I'll try again tomorrow and report the results. Thanks again!
> >
> > "Lem" wrote:
> >
> >> courtney nhc wrote:
> >> > Hello there. I have a corrupt registry and am trying to follow the
> >> > instructions in this knowledgebase article:
> >> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545
> >> >
> >> > I would prefer to run the Guided Help (now partly because one of the files
> >> > I'm supposed to repair in the manual instructions cannot be copied and I
> >> > don't know what to do), but I don't know how to run a program when Windows
> >> > won't start, and there are no instructions in the KB article. Which is
> >> > strange, because it's right there in the title: "...prevents Windows from
> >> > starting" so they should probably have instructions for how to run an exe
> >> > file when you can't start Windows.
> >> >
> >> > Anyway, if someone could help me, that would be great!
> >> >
> >> > Thanks!
> >>
> >> I've never run any of the "Guided Help" options in MS KB articles, but I
> >> agree that it seems unlikely that Guided Help would be of any use in a
> >> situation where Windows doesn't start. Or maybe this Guided Help just
> >> helps you make the 2 batch files on a different (working) computer. I
> >> don't know.
> >>
> >> In any case, the manual procedure isn't hard, just a bit tedious unless
> >> you follow the suggestion to make batch files. If you do this by
> >> cut-n-paste, which is the recommended procedure, you also avoid the
> >> chance of mistyping a command. The step that the directions omit is
> >> that you'll either have to copy regcopy1.txt from whatever external
> >> drive you saved it on to the C:\ drive of the problem computer or change
> >> the command to reference the drive on which the file exists (e.g., batch
> >> E:\regcopy1.txt).
> >>
> >> Finally, note that this procedure depends (in Part 2) on System Restore
> >> having been active before the problem occurred. If you had turned off
> >> System Restore (it's on by default), you will only have the registry as
> >> it existed when Windows was first installed (before all of the
> >> application programs were installed). In this case, your best option
> >> would be to save all of your data, then reinstall Windows, and then
> >> reinstall your applications.
> >>
> >> PRINT OUT THE INSTRUCTIONS AND READ THEM CAREFULLY ALL THE WAY THROUGH
> >> BEFORE YOU START. Note the "Warnings" and "Notes."
> >>
> >> Which file is giving you problems when you try to copy it? Note that
> >> the first step, where you copy the files in c:\windows\system32\config\,
> >> is merely creating a backup set of the *current* registry files so
> >> that you can undo the whole thing if, for some reason, that's what you
> >> want to do (see the second paragraph in the Guided Help section). Of
> >> course, you're probably only going through this exercise because one or
> >> more of the current registry files has become corrupt -- and in my
> >> experience, such corruption often prevents you from copying the file.
> >>
> >> Thus, if you have a problem copying one of the current registry files,
> >> don't worry. If, on the other hand, you can't copy one or more of the
> >> files in c:\windows\repair\, you'll probably have to reinstall Windows.
> >>
> >>
> >> --
> >> Lem -- MS-MVP
> >>
> >> To the moon and back with 2K words of RAM and 36K words of ROM.
> >> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_Guidance_Computer
> >> http://history.nasa.gov/afj/compessay.htm
> >>
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