Am I mistaken to say that restore is accessable from the 'console" menu? There's a whole laundry list of stuff to chose from. 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: "becyn" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2004 2:19 PM Subject: [TechAssist] Re: Unusual FIX for XP > I think you're getting the Recovery Console mixed up with System > Restore. The RC can (and should) be used to perform checkdisk, at > least, before giving up. It often fixes file errors and helps greatly. > (and takes a few minutes). > > And restoring the registry to an earlier point (when 2000 or XP can't > even boot) will almost always get things back to normal when a file > or two is missing or corrupted (although some programs may need to be > reinstalled). Extremely common. > > Formatting (at least with a stable OS such as 2000 or XP) should > always be the LAST thing to try, unless the file system is > definitely trashed (and it usually isn't). I am sorry to disagree > with you, but I don't want people to think that they should just > give up and format. > > A Repair install of Windows 2000/XP is often about as good as a clean > install, and all your data and programs are still there (and still > work!). > > > Bil Green > PC 1000 > Mammoth Lakes, CA 93546 > 760-924-1000 > > Monday, October 4, 2004, 8:27:16 AM, you wrote: > > b> I've used that recovery console with mixed results. > b> The interesting thing about it is you can pick a "recover to" date which > b> uses a particular backup date for the restoration. More often than not, the > b> HD is so corrupted from who knows what, that the format and reload option is > b> the only way to go. > > b> Jim McVey > b> McVey Alltronix > b> 327 Broadway > b> Newburgh N.Y. 12550 > > b> Factory authorized > b> service for over 20 > b> major brands. > b> 845 561 8383 > > > b> ----- Original Message ----- > b> From: "Bil Green" <tv.vcrrepair@xxxxxxxxxxx> > b> To: ".TECHASSIST @ freelists . org" <techassist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > b> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2004 11:49 PM > b> 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 > >> > >> > >> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- - > b> --- > >> Lost Password: > >> http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > >> Email Archives: > >> //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > b> ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---- > b> Lost Password: > b> http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > b> Email Archives: > b> //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- --- > Lost Password: > http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". > Email Archives: > //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Lost Password: http://www.tech-assist.org and select "Login Problems?". Email Archives: //www.freelists.org/archives/techassist/