peacorn97,

The procedure for correcting that error is here.

ahh  on the installation part it says press enter to cancle but doesnt say what to press to make it continue

Message Edited by peacorn97 on 06-30-2004 09:25 AM

e been trying to use that but im getting stuck on

 

1. If you have a dual-boot or multiple-boot computer, select the installation that you want to access from the Recovery Console.

 

how do i know what to type here it only allows for "one" letter or number  and i have no clue what it is  i typed 1 and pressed enter and nothing happens let it sit for about 10 mins and it was like it froze it  i have a dell dimension 8200

oh it says to cancle press enter so what  do i press to make it continue?

Message Edited by peacorn97 on 06-30-2004 09:26 AM

peacorn97,

When you enter Recovery Console you should see:

1: C:\WINDOWS

Which Windows installation would you like to log onto
(to cancel, press ENTER)?

Selecting 1 and pressing ENTER should bring you to the following prompt:

C:\WINDOWS>

at which you can enter the commands from the MSKB article.

ok i type 1 and press enter and it doesnt do anything its like it freezes the computer how long should it take to get to the c:/windows prompt  because yesterday i tried typing 1 and presseing enter aand left it for about 10 minutes and nothing happened

peacorn97,

On my system the display of the prompt to enter the Administrator password is instantaneous.

ok since its not happening instantly on my system what does that mean?   thats its more messed up then i think it is?  because like i said before i press one and enter and nothing happens and after letting it try to contiue for 10 minutes still nothing happens it like freezes the computer at that point

 

ok and if i get to the administater part of the precess what is that password supposta be?

Message Edited by peacorn97 on 07-01-2004 04:44 PM

peacorn97,

The password should be blank by default, but systems which were set up using Sysprep, which Dell uses, frequently do not have that default, and there is no way of obtaining the appropriate password.

I know of no way to "tweak" Recovery Console if it is not behaving properly. The only alternative may be a reinstallation of Windows XP.

just wantta thank you for all your time and help with my puter probs

 

ok now about installing windows i tried to install it and it goes through all the checking/copying files and then it goes to find a previous version of windows and  freezes at taht point  it seems to never find the windows that is on the computer

with xp if i reinstall it will it erase everything on the computer? because i remember with older window versions i could always reinstall  and save everything at the same time

 

 

 

peacorn97,

You can do a repair reinstall of Windows XP which will not remove your existing data and applications, but the error message you receive indicates that the registry is corrupted and a repair reinstall will leave the same corrupted registry. The only way I can see to recover is to do a clean install of XP.

The reason the installation is finding a previous version of Windows is that you are not booting from the CD. See the procedures here for installation procedures.

If there are things on the hard drive that you wish to save you may be able to copy them to floppy disk (assuming they are small enough) using the program here.