Guest Dave Moore Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Every time at boot up, there is a message stating that some part of the registry has been recovered from a backup hive or log. I found that when I replace the "Software" hive with a copy from either the CD or Repair folder, the error message doesn't happen.. Unfortunately this seems to cause another problem in the form of some buggered-up user accounts. I'd like to try an old trick I've used with win98. However, the trick requires knowing where the backup registry files are pulled from. With Win98, often the system would recover by pulling a backup of the registry and whenever that would happen a lot of program settings would revert back to when the backup copy was made. After tiring of the changing settings phenomena, I finally got smart and simply replaced *all* of the backup copies with the current copy that had all of program settings the way I wanted them. So, whenever a backup copy was pulled, it always pulled a copy that had all of the program settings the way I wanted them. On the particular aforementioned XP computer that's giving problems, it seems to be stuck in a loop. It seems to be pulling a defective backup. So naturally at the next boot this defect it detected, and it goes and pulls the defective backup copy again. I figure that if I can find out where the defective backup is coming from, then the defective backup can be replaced and the cycle will be broken. I've done a lot of searching the net, but haven't yet hit on the answer to this mystery. Anyone? anyone ? Thanks. --Dave Moore--
Guest Curt Christianson Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Re: Where does the backup registry come from ? Hi Dave, This may be a good place to start, and please note there are many links from this first page: Description of System Restore http://bertk.mvps.org/html/description.html -- HTH, Curt Windows Support Center http://www.aumha.org Practically Nerded,... http://dundats.mvps.org/Index.htm "Dave Moore" <noivalves@crudspamdatasync.com> wrote in message news:OLJU8ZRyHHA.3848@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... | Every time at boot up, there is a message stating | that some part of the registry has been recovered | from a backup hive or log. | | I found that when I replace the "Software" hive | with a copy from either the CD or Repair folder, | the error message doesn't happen.. | | Unfortunately this seems to cause another | problem in the form of some buggered-up | user accounts. | | I'd like to try an old trick I've used with win98. | However, the trick requires knowing where | the backup registry files are pulled from. | | With Win98, often the system would recover | by pulling a backup of the registry and whenever | that would happen a lot of program settings would | revert back to when the backup copy was made. | | After tiring of the changing settings phenomena, | I finally got smart and simply replaced *all* of the | backup copies with the current copy that had | all of program settings the way I wanted them. | So, whenever a backup copy was pulled, it always | pulled a copy that had all of the program settings | the way I wanted them. | | On the particular aforementioned XP computer | that's giving problems, it seems to be stuck in | a loop. It seems to be pulling a defective backup. | So naturally at the next boot this defect it detected, | and it goes and pulls the defective backup | copy again. I figure that if I can find out where | the defective backup is coming from, then the | defective backup can be replaced and the cycle | will be broken. | | I've done a lot of searching the net, but haven't yet | hit on the answer to this mystery. | | Anyone? anyone ? | | Thanks. | --Dave Moore-- | |
Guest Ron Martell Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Re: Where does the backup registry come from ? "Dave Moore" <noivalves@crudspamdatasync.com> wrote: > Every time at boot up, there is a message stating > that some part of the registry has been recovered > from a backup hive or log. > Recurring instances of registry errors are often a symptom of defective RAM. Rather than worrying about the registry recovery I think your primary focus should be on fixing the problem. Download one of the following free memory diagnostic utilities and run it for an extended period (e.g. overnight) to check out the RAM in your computer. Good luck Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2008) On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never been in bed with a mosquito."
Guest Ron Martell Posted July 18, 2007 Posted July 18, 2007 Re: Where does the backup registry come from ? Ron Martell <ron.martell@gmail.com> wrote: >"Dave Moore" <noivalves@crudspamdatasync.com> wrote: > >> Every time at boot up, there is a message stating >> that some part of the registry has been recovered >> from a backup hive or log. >> > >Recurring instances of registry errors are often a symptom of >defective RAM. Rather than worrying about the registry recovery I >think your primary focus should be on fixing the problem. > >Download one of the following free memory diagnostic utilities and run >it for an extended period (e.g. overnight) to check out the RAM in >your computer. > Might help if I included the download links: DocMemory http://www.simmtester.com Windows Memory Diagnostic http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp Memtest86: http://www.memtest.org Sorry about that. Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada -- Microsoft MVP (1997 - 2008) On-Line Help Computer Service http://onlinehelp.bc.ca "Anyone who thinks that they are too small to make a difference has never been in bed with a mosquito."
Guest Dave Moore Posted July 20, 2007 Posted July 20, 2007 Re: Where does the backup registry come from ? "Ron Martell" <ron.martell@gmail.com> wrote in message news:d9vs9318phgt0sr2ssdek2qcsmbisf4ogn@4ax.com... : Ron Martell <ron.martell@gmail.com> wrote: : : >"Dave Moore" <noivalves@crudspamdatasync.com> wrote: : > : >> Every time at boot up, there is a message stating : >> that some part of the registry has been recovered : >> from a backup hive or log. : >> : > : >Recurring instances of registry errors are often a symptom of : >defective RAM. Rather than worrying about the registry recovery I : >think your primary focus should be on fixing the problem. : > : >Download one of the following free memory diagnostic utilities and run : >it for an extended period (e.g. overnight) to check out the RAM in : >your computer. : > : : Might help if I included the download links: : DocMemory http://www.simmtester.com : Windows Memory Diagnostic http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp : Memtest86: http://www.memtest.org : : Sorry about that. : : Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada Thanks Ron. Interestingly, on that computer, I had already run memtest and had indeed flagged and replaced some bad RAM. even before I everposted here about the registry recovery problem. Before the new memory stick, the system was always crashing or producing random errors, which is why I did the memory testing in the first place. After putting in the new RAM, everything started working very consistantly, except for the restoring registry from a backup on every boot. So, I assumed that the memory problem had been addressed (pun intended) Of course, you know what they say about "assume". :-) Also, bear in mind that when I replaced the "software" hive with a copy from the repair folder, I no longer got the registry recovery error. So, don't you think that if the registry problem was caused by defective memory that the error would have appeared again regardless? FWIW, right after I gave the laptop back to the guy that owns it, the thought occurred to me that possibly the RAM errors might have been due to some other problem like a defective bus or something and I really should have run memtest again on the new RAM anyway. Unfortunately I don't have the laptop at my disposal right now, but I do have the old memory stick that came out of it. So, I reckon I'll slap it into another PC and throw another volley of tests at it. If it checks good, then I'll know that perhaps the RAM errors were the fault of the laptop itself. Thanks for the reply. --DM--
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