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Registry Error - System file corrupt

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by shaun

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This happened on a laptop. Windows xp pro. Will not boot. tried to use last known good. boot in safe mode. and finally tried booting to the recovery console. When asked which os to access i type in 1 and immediately get registry error and it says to shut down to prevent further damage. Any thoughts.

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by hal 9000

Well while I have not had much joy with the Recovery Console if you have applies something like SP2 to the system it should give you error messages as the OS is different to the install CD. If you can ignore these error messages and just proceed with the recovery. Of course if it works you'll have to reinstall SP 2 but that is a lot easier and faster than a complete reload.

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by willcomp

w2ktechman may be correct. I read it as system hive (registry) instead of system file.

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