Recovering/repairing Win2k install after m/b & CPU change

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This did not work for me, that is, PC still automatically rebooted. One
thing NOT clear is the following line...

"then under tempname, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Select..."

When I loaded the hive, I called it winnthive, and I see it in the
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE on Local Machine window. However, I don't see the
\SYSTEM tree in there at all..
 
You're correct. My bad! Should have been;

HKLM\winnthive\ControlSet00x\Control\CrashControl

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| This did not work for me, that is, PC still automatically rebooted. One
| thing NOT clear is the following line...
|
| "then under tempname, navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\Select..."
|
| When I loaded the hive, I called it winnthive, and I see it in the
| HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE on Local Machine window. However, I don't see the
| \SYSTEM tree in there at all..
 
Is "HKLM\winnthive\ControlSet00x\Control\CrashControl" where I want to
make the mods. to AutoReboot, etc.?
 
Yes

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| Is "HKLM\winnthive\ControlSet00x\Control\CrashControl" where I want to
| make the mods. to AutoReboot, etc.?
 
Another "unclear" point in the instructions. If I "unload winnthive"
won't that negate the changes I made?
I already did, still auto reboots! :(

Dave said:
Yes

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| Is "HKLM\winnthive\ControlSet00x\Control\CrashControl" where I want to
| make the mods. to AutoReboot, etc.?
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No, it doesn't.

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| Another "unclear" point in the instructions. If I "unload winnthive"
| won't that negate the changes I made?
 
Does system.sav still exist? If so move it somewhere else.

You really believe in beating a dead one. What are you going to get out of
this?

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|I already did, still auto reboots! :(
 
Ok I will move system.sav.

Sorry for beating a dead noe. I really just want to get my old
installation back since it'll be a PITA for me to start over; my back
up files ae old (my fault). Also I'm learning in the process!
 
Well I moved system.sav (renamed it old_system.sav), now when it goes
to the screen that says "Press F8...", I now get, "Windows 2000 could
not start becayse the file ...\config\system.sav is corrupt or
missing!"
Ok I will move system.sav.

Sorry for beating a dead noe. I really just want to get my old
installation back since it'll be a PITA for me to start over; my back
up files ae old (my fault). Also I'm learning in the process!

Dave said:
Does system.sav still exist? If so move it somewhere else.

You really believe in beating a dead one. What are you going to get out of
this?

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|I already did, still auto reboots! :(
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Well I connected your dots together, and made the mods. in sysem.sav.
Now sysem does NOT auto-reboot. I get
*** STOP: 0x000000C2 (0x00000040, 0x00000000, 0x80000000, 0x00000000)
BAD_POOL_CALLER
Well I moved system.sav (renamed it old_system.sav), now when it goes
to the screen that says "Press F8...", I now get, "Windows 2000 could
not start becayse the file ...\config\system.sav is corrupt or
missing!"
Ok I will move system.sav.

Sorry for beating a dead noe. I really just want to get my old
installation back since it'll be a PITA for me to start over; my back
up files ae old (my fault). Also I'm learning in the process!

Dave said:
Does system.sav still exist? If so move it somewhere else.

You really believe in beating a dead one. What are you going to get out of
this?

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|I already did, still auto reboots! :(
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Yep, I'm all for that learning thing too. I think it all ties back to the
change in hardware. At least you can backup your data from the parallel
install.

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| Well I connected your dots together, and made the mods. in sysem.sav.
| Now sysem does NOT auto-reboot. I get
| *** STOP: 0x000000C2 (0x00000040, 0x00000000, 0x80000000, 0x00000000)
| BAD_POOL_CALLER
|
| Zilla wrote:
| > Well I moved system.sav (renamed it old_system.sav), now when it goes
| > to the screen that says "Press F8...", I now get, "Windows 2000 could
| > not start becayse the file ...\config\system.sav is corrupt or
| > missing!"
| >
| > Zilla wrote:
| > > Ok I will move system.sav.
| > >
| > > Sorry for beating a dead noe. I really just want to get my old
| > > installation back since it'll be a PITA for me to start over; my back
| > > up files ae old (my fault). Also I'm learning in the process!
 
Ok your turn to be bugged. I did the first steps in the article you
mentioned, where I copied the ...\config\* files to ...\tmp\... dir.
Now I can't log in as admin - it won't accept my password. What gives?
 
Using the files from the repair directory backs the registry up to the time
of the original installation so the account might not have existed at that
point or the password may have been different. Also note that the software
registrations will also be gone. If you're still into leaning you can reset
the local administrator password to blank with this linux boot disk.

http://home.eunet.no/pnordahl/ntpasswd/


Then if it logs you back off immediately;
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q249321/


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| Ok your turn to be bugged. I did the first steps in the article you
| mentioned, where I copied the ...\config\* files to ...\tmp\... dir.
| Now I can't log in as admin - it won't accept my password. What gives?
 
Stubby said:
I've been there. One time it was a bad video card. More recently a
corrupted hive was the problem. I had to continually reboot in a dark
room and a paper mask on the screen letting me see the error number
(c0000218). You can look that up on www.microsoft.com . The article
will point you to item 307545 which tells how to restore the registry
from one of the copies that has been tucked away.
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Ok I was able to get into my original WINNT folder, and am now
following Part 2 of the article above. It talks about the _restore
files in the System Volume Information. I don't see any _restore*
files, being Win2k, and not WinXP? Where are the backup files for Win2k?
 
%systemroot%\repair\regback

assuming you made them before hand. This is a manual process in Windows 2000

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| Ok I was able to get into my original WINNT folder, and am now
| following Part 2 of the article above. It talks about the _restore
| files in the System Volume Information. I don't see any _restore*
| files, being Win2k, and not WinXP? Where are the backup files for Win2k?
|
 
I guess I'm f'd if I didn't! Any other recourse to ge my Winnt (orig)
folder back to geting the files I want?
- Mail
- Documents
.... besides manually copying these?
 
Hi Zilla - You may already be too far down the road, but you may find
something useful here just to suppliment Dave's advice:

http://www.motherboard.windowsreinstall.com/win2k.htm

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Regards, Jim Byrd, MVP, DTS, ASVOP
My Blog, Defending Your Machine, http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/


Zilla said:
I guess I'm f'd if I didn't! Any other recourse to ge my Winnt (orig)
folder back to geting the files I want?
- Mail
- Documents
... besides manually copying these?

Dave said:
%systemroot%\repair\regback

assuming you made them before hand. This is a manual process in Windows
2000

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| Ok I was able to get into my original WINNT folder, and am now
| following Part 2 of the article above. It talks about the _restore
| files in the System Volume Information. I don't see any _restore*
| files, being Win2k, and not WinXP? Where are the backup files for
Win2k?
|
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Thanks Jim, but I did NOT see anything on that page that I can use.

However I am further along than I was yesterday, though now my original
account is all messed up. I don't have my users anymore, Control Panel
Add/Remove Programs is empty, no mail accts, etc. How can I "restore"
my old system. Am I just screwed now?

I did NOT have a registry backup.
Jim said:
Hi Zilla - You may already be too far down the road, but you may find
something useful here just to suppliment Dave's advice:

http://www.motherboard.windowsreinstall.com/win2k.htm

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Regards, Jim Byrd, MVP, DTS, ASVOP
My Blog, Defending Your Machine, http://defendingyourmachine.blogspot.com/


Zilla said:
I guess I'm f'd if I didn't! Any other recourse to ge my Winnt (orig)
folder back to geting the files I want?
- Mail
- Documents
... besides manually copying these?

Dave said:
%systemroot%\repair\regback

assuming you made them before hand. This is a manual process in Windows
2000

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Ok I was able to get into my original WINNT folder, and am now
| following Part 2 of the article above. It talks about the _restore
| files in the System Volume Information. I don't see any _restore*
| files, being Win2k, and not WinXP? Where are the backup files for
Win2k?
|
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