Help with windows problem

[The Bunk]

I got this error this morning

copy c:\windows\system32\config\system c:\windows\tmp\system.bak

It says I need original disk which I don't have does anyone know how to fix this without.

Thanks

[Best Before]

Taught you were a Apple man

[The Bunk]

Taught you were a Apple man

I fucking hate pc's there was two kids under 3 playing with the thing yesterday grrrrrrr

[funlover12]

have you tried turning it off and back on again

[anon361]

Hahahaha, good luck with that one LOL

[justfrank44]

Buy a new hdd and install linux, say bye bye to windows.

[The Bunk]

Ah your all so helpful.

[anon361]

Ah your all so helpful.

OK, if you insist on fixing your registry this is how you do it..

Try using a LIVE CD to perform an off-line system restore of the registry hives.

Using a working computer:
There are many options to use for a LIVE CD: Try Puppy Linux (download file size 128 MB)
When you have downloaded the ISO image, burn it to a CD using ImgBurn (choose "Write image file to disc"). The CD will be bootable.

Now to work on your problematic computer:
Boot from the Puppy Linux CD. You will be able to navigate to all the files on your HDD.

Off-line system restore using a LIVE CD

Step1: Navigate to C:\System Volume Information\
Inside that folder you will see a folder with a name beginning with "restore" followed by a long alpa-numeric code in brackets. Inside the "restore<bracketed long alpa-numeric code>" folder you will see a number of folders named "RP<3 digit number>". Choose the highest number: That is your most recent System Restore point.
Open the "RP<highest number>" folder and inside that you will see another folder called "snapshot". Finally, open the "snapshot" folder and you will be at this address ...
C:\System Volume Information\restore<bracketed long alpha-numeric code>\RP<highest number>\snapshot

Locate the 5 files that you need to copy from within the snapshot folder:

• _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SYSTEM
  _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
  _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SECURITY
  _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SAM
  _REGISTRY_USER_.DEFAULT

Copy these 5 files from here, and paste into the "config" folder at following location ...
C:\Windows\System32\config <<< folder


Step2: In the "config" folder at C:\Windows\System32\config, locate the current registry hive files ...

• system
  software
  security
  sam
  default

.... and re-name them by appending .old to the filename, so that they now look like this ....

• system.old
  software.old
  security.old
  sam.old
  default.old

Step3: Still in the "config" folder at C:\Windows\System32\config
Re-name the files that you copied from the restore point:

• _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SYSTEM ... rename to SYSTEM
  _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE ... rename to SOFTWARE
  _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SECURITY ... rename to SECURITY
  _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SAM ...rename to SAM
  _REGISTRY_USER_.DEFAULT .... rename to DEFAULT (You MUST remove the dot in front of DEFAULT)

You have now completed the System Restore. Shut down the computer, removing the LIVE CD.


Does your Windows XP system start normally now?

Best of luck

[The Bunk]

Buy a new hdd and install linux, say bye bye to windows.

Or a mac, tell me the truth lads is it fucked or can I go to a store and just buy a disc?

[funlover12]

Or a mac, tell me the truth lads is it fucked or can I go to a store and just buy a disc?

they are not mutually exclusive things