System restore when system won't boot?

The_Other_One

The_Other_One

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I had a problem earlier which has been resolved by a storke of luck(my laptop FINALLY booted up) However, lets say my laptop still won't boot to normal or safe mode. The problem is a registery problem, and I created a System Restore point before I made the change. Is there some other way to access this without anything addtional? Or even with say a BartPE disk...
 
That is one of the problems with System REstore. Very little use to you if you cannot boot your system. Depending on what the problem is you are relegated to using repair console to fix your problems at this point.
 
Yeah, I figured there wasn't much I could do... It's rare I have a computer that won't make it to Safe Mode. I guess registery stuff is pretty powerful :P
 
That's when you look for guidelines at Microsoft and other technical sites for the methods available. One MS article for starting a system with a corrupted registry is seen at http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/

If you can get to the safe mode command promt only option you could try the registry edit advised in the weblog seen at http://radio.weblogs.com/0001229/stories/2002/06/10/startXpFromCommandPrompt.html

There is one command you can try after you login at the safe mode command prompt only window to manually start the system restore. Once you are there and logged in as administrator type "%systemroot%\system32\restore\rstrui.exe" in and then press enter. This one is one of the early tips that were seen for XP.
 
Get a disk. He's smart. He'll know where to find one. Alternatively he can make a boot disk from this file and access the System Restore points that way.

See, all you have to do is use your brain and know what you're talking about.
 
SirKenin said:
Get a disk. He's smart. He'll know where to find one. Alternatively he can make a boot disk from this file and access the System Restore points that way.

See, all you have to do is use your brain and know what you're talking about.
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From what you mentioned on another thread your's is "out of commission"! :P
 
No, there's a couple of brain cells left up there. One is reserved for dirty thoughts, the other for where I'm going to get my next pint of beer. Unfortunately with this setup I have to resort to typing with my nose.
 
That could explain some of your typing habits lately. :P

I just prefer to keep all systems in good working order. hhmm...
 
Is that by choice or by virus/spyware/adware/whatever? It's kind of funny in a way if you did. I simply let one go to find out just what files would be infected and where those files would be. Overwrote any corrupted system files by expanding originals off of the installation disk. Then the others saw a quick trip to trash can. Once your system is clean you simply turn it back on.
 
PC eye said:
Is that by choice or by virus/spyware/adware/whatever?
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No. I just don't use it. If my system breaks (and that rarely, if ever, happens), I restore the damaged file myself or do whatever is needed manually. System Restore isn't the "holy grail" of system repair tools, it just keeps track of a couple of core system files and keeps backup copies of device drivers.

If your system is truly hosed, System Restore is usually about as useful as a chocolate teapot. And besides, it eats HDD space for breakfast.
 
You will find that there are a number of things that will take up drive space fast enough. Take a look in the temporary internet folders or leftovers from software installations. I don't about restore points taking up space when I generally see large files do that fast enough.

The main concern here for the most is having the latest backup made before the semi annual drive wipe. That cleans all of the useless clutter off of the drive. But keeping the restore feature enabled can bail you out of a jam at times. And the one program mentioned SetPoint can be used to create some 50 within a day's time. If you make a number of software changes regularly that can save the day at times.
 
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