PC Troubles - Looking for help

[Guardian 452]

This page might help.

Corrupt Hive

Well my PC died again sunday... ive been trying to get this corrupt hive one working butkeep getting stuck....

Here is what I put in.... and here is what I get back...


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In Recovery Console, change to the c:\\Windows folder.

Type cd system32\\config , and then press ENTER.

Type dir system , and then press ENTER.

If you cannot run the preceding command successfully (because the file is missing), skip to step 3. If you can run the preceding command successfully, type ren system system.bak , and then press ENTER.

NOTE : If the message that you received referred to the software file, replace "system" with "software" in the preceding command. For example, you would type ren software software.bak (instead of ren system system.bak ), and then press ENTER.

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C:\\WINXP\\system32\\config>ren system system.bak
The system cannot find the file or directory specified

I get the same message if I change "system" for "software"


any idea what I am doing wrong?

[Blackguy]

I wish I was living near you G, then I would clean this mess up so fast.

[Guardian 452]

wow I think

[Guardian 452]

I have things back I think !!!  all my settingsand such are toast so itsgonna take a bit to figure that all out again   lol

none of my USB ports are working,..  

[Fatherchaos]

Guardian, I just noticed your earlier post. If your looking for a particular file, cd to the root (e.g. c : >) and type in dir /s foo.bar (where foo.bar is the file in question). Dir /s will search all folders and subfolders for the name specified. It's essentially window's search for dos. It may be possible that your system.bak file was located elsewhere if windows has been installed multiple times into separate folders.

[Tanman]

G,

Try this article from the Microsoft KB. helped me countless of times.
How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from starting