Error message file misising or corrupt /windows\system32\config\sy

[Guest Lorraine]

when I start the recovery process for this error in Windows XP and I type in

"md tmp", it tells me "access denied". I can't go any further to fix the

above problem. Why is this happening? Thanks for your help. Lorraine

[Guest Gerry]

Re: Error message file misising or corrupt /windows\system32\config\sy

 

Lorraine

 

How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from

starting

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/

 

What you say suggests to me that you are not logging on as the

Administrator. The process is referred to in the link.

 

Good luck.

 

 

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Hope this helps.

 

Gerry

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Lorraine wrote:

> when I start the recovery process for this error in Windows XP and I

> type in "md tmp", it tells me "access denied". I can't go any

> further to fix the above problem. Why is this happening? Thanks for

> your help. Lorraine

[Guest Patrick Keenan]

Re: Error message file misising or corrupt /windows\system32\config\sy

 

"Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message

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> Lorraine

>

> How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from

> starting

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/

>

> What you say suggests to me that you are not logging on as the

> Administrator. The process is referred to in the link.

>

> Good luck.

 

Alternately, that the folder creation is being attempted in an area outside

of the Recovery Console's scope. It is by default limited. The scope can

be expanded, but it may be too late to do that just now.

 

In a worst-case, it's simple to adapt the directions at the KB article

you've identified to other drive-access methods, most of which are *much*

friendlier than the recovery console. Attaching the drive to another

system as a slave, perhaps via an external USB2 case or adapter, or with a

Linux boot CD, are two examples.

 

HTH

-pk

>

> --

>

>

>

> Hope this helps.

>

> Gerry

> ~~~~

> FCA

> Stourport, England

> Enquire, plan and execute

> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>

> Lorraine wrote:

>> when I start the recovery process for this error in Windows XP and I

>> type in "md tmp", it tells me "access denied". I can't go any

>> further to fix the above problem. Why is this happening? Thanks for

>> your help. Lorraine

>

>

[Guest Gerry]

Re: Error message file misising or corrupt /windows\system32\config\sy

 

Patrick

 

Won't your suggestion help retrieve data rather than enable the system

hive to be replaced? Alternatively are you saying you can replace the

existing system hive with a backup copy using your approch? I can see

that the system hive will not be in use.

 

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Regards.

 

Gerry

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Stourport, England

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Patrick Keenan wrote:

> "Gerry" <gerry@nospam.com> wrote in message

> news:O%23WNrEwyIHA.4376@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

>> Lorraine

>>

>> How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP

>> from starting

>> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/

>>

>> What you say suggests to me that you are not logging on as the

>> Administrator. The process is referred to in the link.

>>

>> Good luck.

>

> Alternately, that the folder creation is being attempted in an area

> outside of the Recovery Console's scope. It is by default limited.

> The scope can be expanded, but it may be too late to do that just now.

>

> In a worst-case, it's simple to adapt the directions at the KB article

> you've identified to other drive-access methods, most of which are

> *much* friendlier than the recovery console. Attaching the drive to

> another system as a slave, perhaps via an external USB2 case or

> adapter, or with a Linux boot CD, are two examples.

>

> HTH

> -pk

>

>>

>> --

>>

>>

>>

>> Hope this helps.

>>

>> Gerry

>> ~~~~

>> FCA

>> Stourport, England

>> Enquire, plan and execute

>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

>>

>> Lorraine wrote:

>>> when I start the recovery process for this error in Windows XP and I

>>> type in "md tmp", it tells me "access denied". I can't go any

>>> further to fix the above problem. Why is this happening? Thanks

>>> for your help. Lorraine