Computer Problems

[Niles Jansen The Third]

Well, let's get into it.

About a week ago I noticed that the bottom right hand of my screen an alert that said "Registry File Corrupt" or something of that nature, and it then said it needed to download the new registry cleaner or whater it was. So I went to go and do that, and low and behold- my internet won't work proberly. I was connected, I just couldn't load anything(browser, anything) as if I was disconnected.

So I was trying to find a way to fix this problem for a while. I decided to just give it a rest and shut down my computer.

(Here is the worst part) Now, everytime I try and boot up my computer, it just reboots itself at the "Windows XP" start up screen. I could leave that computer on for an hour and it would just keep doing the same thing.

I'm now using my sisters computer- out of desperation for help.

Anyone have some freindly advice?

[Fozy]

Smack it down!

[jitz]

About a week ago I noticed that the bottom right hand of my screen an alert that said "Registry File Corrupt" or something of that nature, and it then said it needed to download the new registry cleaner or whater it was.

You're joking right? You clicked a pop up box warning and downloaded the software? You deserve what you've gotten.

Go into the BIOS on boot up, get your Windows XP disc, change the disc drive tot he first boot up device. Go into the installation, if it tells you the entire drive is empty then you've lost everything. If it says there's no still stuff on the hard drive then recover it through your own means or a computer repair store, format the drive and reinstall Windows.

[Niles Jansen The Third]

About a week ago I noticed that the bottom right hand of my screen an alert that said "Registry File Corrupt" or something of that nature, and it then said it needed to download the new registry cleaner or whater it was.

You're joking right? You clicked a pop up box warning and downloaded the software? You deserve what you've gotten.

Go into the BIOS on boot up, get your Windows XP disc, change the disc drive tot he first boot up device. Go into the installation, if it tells you the entire drive is empty then you've lost everything. If it says there's no still stuff on the hard drive then recover it through your own means or a computer repair store, format the drive and reinstall Windows.

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I'll have to find my XP disc first, but yeah I'll try that.

And also, it came up from a bubble, liek as if it was an update alert. I knew I hadn't updated my service pack for a while.

It read something like "Download RegistryCleaner.exe from Windows now" so I thought it was legit .

[Niles Jansen The Third]

Smack it down!

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Oh, but i have. Seems to not work on pirated versions of XP.

Atleast we tryed eh?

[Joe =/]

Can you start up in safe mode ?

[scoot]

use your sisters computer to download the following torrent file

http://www.torrentspy.com/torrent/336452/E..._crash_recovery

and then burn it to a CD, boot your machine from that disk, you should notice that the environment that you boot up to is familiar as it is basicly the most stripped down looking windows ive ever come accross, anyway, from this disk you can do a system restore. (obviously) restore to a date before any of this happened. hopefully that should wipe the software from the machine and you will be able to use it as if nothing ever happened.

good luck and if you need anything other help i can be reached at scott_guesty@hotmail.com

[Joe =/]

[Niles Jansen The Third]

Can you start up in safe mode ?

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Nope. can't. It just reboots on its own.

And thanks scoot. I'll give it a shot.

[scoot]

if that doesnt work, then the next best thing i can advise is booting up with a windows disk, get to the part where it asks you to either install, repair or quit, select repair, when it gets to the recovery console, select the instalation of windows you need to repair, and then type the following

chkdsk c: /r

use that command and let it go through, hopefully that should repair some windows files that have become corrupt.

afterwards if that doesnt work, do the same thing, but choose to install windows, accept the licence agreement, THEN select the installation of windows you want to repair and press R, this should perform a repair install of windows.

again good luck, but if that doesnt work, then either use the ERD disk to backup the data, or use norton ghost to make an image of the hard drive, then format the machine. only this time partition the hard drive leaving around 10GB free for the installation of windows, this way if XP decides to fuck up, all you have to do is format the 10GB partition, which means that your files etc will be left intact.

[Joe =/]

Scoot, all windows discs are my NIGHTMARE.

Sal should know, how many fucking times did mine screw up ?

Oh, and how brilliant was it when my laptop battery died mid way through installing.