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by jdolvin

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I lost boot to Xp when I deleted System User from Windows XP. How can I reverse this error? I will try to respond to any suggestions...

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by bcpgm

This procedure does not work if the System Restore feature had been turned off.

by jdolvin

I don't know how to tell if I
have an OEM system or other. Any
way to tell ?

by bcpgm

If Windows XP Pro came with your system, it's likely an OEM Edition. It could be a Corporate Edition too.

If the Windows CD came in a tri-fold cover, it is likely a Retail full or upgrade version.

If you have the Windows CD, read the label.
If it says it is for a new PC only, it is OEM.

by bcpgm

If you have used BartPE, using it may be a better way to go. It is easier than the MS method and allows you to work around OEM problem.

by bcpgm

I was hasty.
BartPE CD does not have any procedure to make Windows bootable on corrupted registry.

What I tried to say was that by using BartPE CD you can skip a lot of steps of the MS procedure.

Please post a reply if you'd like steps to follow.

by jdolvin

I have almost complete access
to the drive from this new xp on
another partition so I copied
the 5 hives from a not too
recent snapshot to the System
config directory. When I booted
the bad system it got only as
far as the "Please wait...
windows is starting up" and
stopped for a long while. About
a minute later the log-on screen
came up but I had no keyboard
control or mouse control to be
able to log-on. I waited a long
time but it was stalled. I have
not tried the BartPe method. I
have info on it to read. Today
I tried another restore point
earlier but got the same results
, it stalled at same point...

by jdolvin

I tried safe mode just now and
got the same result-"Please wait
...followed much later with the
logon screen-no mouse or keyboard
control. Safe Mode was on all 4
corners of the screen though...
I made AVG Rescue floppies a while
back. Would those be of any help
? I also have NTFS4Dos the FreeDos
program on floppy that can read
and write to the partition if I
knew what to do to restore the
mouse and keyboard control on boot
up then work from there ?

by bcpgm

It appears now you have more than KB and mouse problem.

Boot the computer with a Windows 98 Startup disk and run

Fdisk /mbr

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