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January 30th, 2006 18:00
WinXP Recovery Console - directory access denied
Trying to use the WinXP Recovery Console from my WinXP disk (getting blue screen on Normal AND Safe Mode boot-ups).
When Windosw Setup gives me the menu, (setup, repair, quit), I press R.
I get the Recovery Console (which looks like DOS), and then prompted to select a Windows installation (I only have one), so I type "1" and press
I then get prompted for the Administrator password. I email'd Dell asking for the defaul password that shipped with my system. No answer so far, but seem to be able to proceed by just typing .
Then I try to follow Dell support doc HO1075437 "How Do I Manually Recover From a Corrupted Registry that Prevents Microsoft® Windows® XP From Starting?"
<ADMIN NOTE: Broken link has been removed from this post by Dell>
Then follow the instructions for "Copy registry files from the Windows XP restore snapshot directory." Then I follow Step 2 "Type the following text at the C:\> prompt: cd system~1\_resto~1", but I get "Access is denied" response.
What do I need to do, to get access and continue following the instructions?
Robert
Inspiron 8600, Win XP Home
IMRBlackburn
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January 30th, 2006 18:00
OK, small breakthrough. The directory "system~1" was actually "SYSTEM VOLUME INFORMATION" in the dos-like Recovery Console, and "_resto~1" was actually "_RESTORE{202550A8-7A33-4BCA-9586-051D24DDBF8F}".
The directions then tell me to type "cd rp1", but there is no "rp1" directory. Instead, there is "RP239", "RP240", "RP241" and so on until "RP322". Anybody know what to do know, or where to look? :smileytongue:
Denny Denham
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January 30th, 2006 21:00
The admimistrator password should be null (blank) by default. If a blank pasword does not work, you can set the password to blank using the procedure here. Once you are logged into Recovery Console two alternative sets of procedures for correcting a corrupte registry are here and here. Note that neither procedure is always successful.
IMRBlackburn
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January 31st, 2006 00:00