[TechAssist] Re: Unusual FIX for XP
- From: "becyn" <becyn@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 4 Oct 2004 11:27:16 -0400
I've used that recovery console with mixed results.
The interesting thing about it is you can pick a "recover to" date which
uses a particular backup date for the restoration. More often than not, the
HD is so corrupted from who knows what, that the format and reload option is
the only way to go.
Jim McVey
McVey Alltronix
327 Broadway
Newburgh N.Y. 12550
Factory authorized
service for over 20
major brands.
845 561 8383
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bil Green" <tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: ".TECHASSIST @ freelists . org" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 11:49 PM
Subject: [TechAssist] Unusual FIX for XP
> As much as some of us don't like XP, as a computer tech we still
> have to work with it. Well, I have been saving PC repair articles
> for years and this one is just tops (haven't had the opportunity to
> try it yet - hope it works as well as he says!).
>
> I have been using a similar technique (using the Recovery Console
> to copy the registry files in the Repair folder to the Config
> folder) with excellent results. So I have a good feeling about this
> one. This guy is obviously not an amateur anyway.
>
> Next time you get a box with XP badly crashed and a repair reinstall
> is not possible (because Dell was nice enough to supply only their
> modified version of XP which only does a Fresh install), try this:
> http://www.digitalwebcast.com/2002/03_mar/tutorials/cw_boot_toot.htm
>
> If you want the whole article in one Word file e-mail me privately.
> I am also editing the article so it will only be a couple pages (for
> quick reference when repairing a system).
>
>
> Bil Green
> PC 1000
> Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546
> 760-924-1000
>
>
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