"Edward Diener" <eldie***@earthlink.net> wrote in message
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|I am unable to boot into my main Win2k installation because at bootup time
a
| message comes up that says that c:\winnt\system32\config\system is
| corrupted. Is there any way out of this predicament ? I tried using my
Win2k
| CD-ROM and my Emergency Repair Disk but evidently there was no backup of
| this file which could be used to restore a non-corrupted version. Am I
| completely hosed or is there a way to get a non-corrupt system file
somehow
| so that I can boot into my main Win2k installation. If I am hosed it will
| naturally be onerous for me to configure my secondary Win2k installation
| with all the software and registry settings that I have built up over the
| years in my main Win2k installation.
|
|

"Dave Patrick" <mail@Nospam.DSPatrick.com> wrote in message
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> If the system hive is corrupt, and assuming you already tried LKG (F8 and
> choose Last Known Good), It may be possible to rename the system hive
found
> in
> %windir%\system32\config\system
> to system.old
> then rename
> %windir%\system32\config\system.alt
> to
> %windir%\system32\config\system
>
> You can also try using the most recent backup found in
> %windir%\repair\regback
>
> If that fails you haven't much choice but to copy/ use the
> original-as-installed system hive from
> %windir%\repair\system
> to
> %windir%\system32\config\system
> You'll need to reinstall the device drivers for any hardware added since
the
> original OS install.
>
> To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000
> Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup
> floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup
CD,
> use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks.
> Press ENTER at the "Setup Notification" screen. Press R to repair a
Windows
> 2000 installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The
> Recovery Console then prompts you for the administrator password.  If you
do
> not have the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to
the
> computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
> Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted
> or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console
starts
> in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot
> access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk,
fixboot,
> and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been validated,
> you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access to the
hard
> disk. You can only access the following folders on your computer: drive
> root, %systemroot% or %windir%
>
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> "Edward Diener" <eldie***@earthlink.net> wrote in message
> news:esuif7zKFHA.688@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> |I am unable to boot into my main Win2k installation because at bootup
time
> a
> | message comes up that says that c:\winnt\system32\config\system is
> | corrupted. Is there any way out of this predicament ? I tried using my
> Win2k
> | CD-ROM and my Emergency Repair Disk but evidently there was no backup of
> | this file which could be used to restore a non-corrupted version. Am I
> | completely hosed or is there a way to get a non-corrupt system file
> somehow
> | so that I can boot into my main Win2k installation. If I am hosed it
will
> | naturally be onerous for me to configure my secondary Win2k installation
> | with all the software and registry settings that I have built up over
the
> | years in my main Win2k installation.
> |
> |
>
>

"Edward Diener" wrote:
| Thanks ! I could not recover no matter what I did so I will have to
| re-install and build up my system from scratch. At least the files I had
are
| still there so it is just a case of re-installing software so the correct
| settings are made in the registry again.
|
| I was surpised that an emergency repair disk does not restore an older
| version of the registry if it gets hosed.