Windows - Registry Recovery XP
I am working on an XP machine and gives me the following message just before I log in.
One of the files containing the systems registry data had to be removed by use of a log or alternate copy. The recovery was successful
This window always pop up just before I log in and I can log in just fine after pressing okey.
This is what i tried:
- System restore- It wont restore back to a month ago.
- Windows repair- The R option is not available.
- I ran a chkdsk- no results.
- sfc /scannow- no results.
- I had a look in regedit as well. But I am unfamiliar with it.
I noticed a Event ID: 5000 in the event viewer, but the web didn't make sense.
Can anyone please help me?
21 Answer
Backup every thing on your disk, including all your data and perhaps also an image of your system disk. Ensure that you can restore the image via a boot CD or USB.
Some tests first :
- Run sfc /scannnow to test system integrity
- Run chkdsk
- Boot in Safe mode to see if this happens.
If all checks came up without problems and the same problem occurred on Safe boot, you could useNTREGOPTto export the registry contents, then rebuild the actual registry itself, to fix whatever linkages were broken.
