RESTORING WINDOWS XP PROFESSION REGISTRY FILE

[RICHARD]

I HAVE WINDOWS XP PROFESSIONAL PRELOADED ONTO A THINKPAD.
IT HAS A CORRUPTED REGISTRY FILE. NONE OF THE RESTORE
OPTIONS ARE WORKING AND THE ORIGINAL SOFTWARE DISK WAS
LOST. I HAVE RECOVERY DISKS BUT IT WILL WIPE MY HARD
DRIVE. DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN DOWNLOAD A SYSTEM
UTILITY TO RESTORE THE REGISTRY SO I CAN RECOVER MY FILES?

 

[milton]

caus you have your caps lock on.....

 

[Pop Rivet]

Milty, your shoe's untied.

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Download and create the boot disks from here:

Professional edition:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/release.asp?ReleaseID=33291

Then use them to boot the system and load the Recovery Console. Then follow
the instructions here:

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry [Q307545]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!

Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone