registry cannot load

rippedripped
edited June 2010 in Science & Tech
I'm trying to find a way to restore windows xp. Registry doesn't load. Best I can get is the Blue screen with Windows logo but no starting message.
It began at shut down I think.

Just before that I shut down spybot and saw a message about unloading the hives. It seemed stuck and I shut off the power.
Next day the System wouldn't load.

I tried saving the 5 config files and using the repair files. They don't work.

I can get command console.
I tried to restore with HP's non-destructive but when it gets to the end it says it couldn't update the registry files.

I can see all the files when I install the drive as a slave on another pc with same system.

Is there any way to repair install the slave using the good pc?

Comments

  • trolltroll Windsor, Nova Scotia Icrontian
    edited June 2010
    More work than it's worth... (IMHO) there is just too much info in the registry that needs to be intact, miss one section and Windows will load but things won't work right. again more work than it's worth.

    I'd offload the files you want to save on the other PC, then run your Destructive Factory Restore.

    If you still want to have a "proof of concept" & "I can fix this" experience. RegEdit PE will allow you to load the registry hives with the drive as a slave in a working system.

    http://regeditpe.sourceforge.net/

    Have Fun & Good Luck!
  • rippedripped
    edited June 2010
    How can I possibly know what to save to the other pc after years?
    Files which only open with the software they're used to. I don't know if all that will really reinstall. After all, the non destructive restore doesn't work.

    I really don't know what to look for errors in the registry. When I load it in regedit, it "looks" fine, as in, I don't see any obvious garbage.

    How ridiculous is this system to require wiping out years worth of work when one little glitch occurs.

    Is there some way to install a new windows without overwriting the drive?
    Is it possible to create a partition without overwriting the old?
  • RyderRyder Kalamazoo, Mi Icrontian
    edited June 2010
    Copy your data (which if you are smart is all in the My Documents folder) using the drive as a slave (like you mentioned), then reformat and reinstall Windows. It is possible the HDD itself is the cause here. You may have bad sectors where the registry hives are located (hence the inability of the HP Tool to write them).
  • trolltroll Windsor, Nova Scotia Icrontian
    edited June 2010
    ripped wrote:
    How ridiculous is this system to require wiping out years worth of work when one little glitch occurs.

    That would be why one makes backups...

    Just like the professor that showed up at the shop with a packed in HD and 2 years worth of research on it... No Backups so off to Data Recovery it went.

    At least you can get at your data...
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