I got fed up with Adobe popping up messages saying I needed to update, so I did that. Then, of course, it tells me I need to reboot.
* Why the F does any software now-a-days still require rebooting of the god damn OS!?! *
During the reboot I get a \windows\system32\config\system is missing or corrupt error... Recovery console, blah blah blah
So I get the XP cd stick it in and load up recovery console which isn't finding my windows installation... yikes. No commands really work (dir, md, copy). I finally realize I should try chkdsk which says I have errors and quits 25% of the way through. I then run it again and I get to 100% but it's reported that errors were found on the volume.
* Why the F does a software update on a non-system program F up the registry!?! *
I restart and this time I get a recovery console that works, but I can't copy some of those files listed in: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545. Still no luck though, can't even get into safe mode.
I have most of the important data backed up, but theres some stuff on there that isn't backed up because I don't need, I'd like to not delete. Does it look like I reinstall windows without formatting or is there another option before that? I might stick the drive onto another computer just to copy files off first.
Thanks,
Thien
* Why the F does any software now-a-days still require rebooting of the god damn OS!?! *
During the reboot I get a \windows\system32\config\system is missing or corrupt error... Recovery console, blah blah blah
So I get the XP cd stick it in and load up recovery console which isn't finding my windows installation... yikes. No commands really work (dir, md, copy). I finally realize I should try chkdsk which says I have errors and quits 25% of the way through. I then run it again and I get to 100% but it's reported that errors were found on the volume.
* Why the F does a software update on a non-system program F up the registry!?! *
I restart and this time I get a recovery console that works, but I can't copy some of those files listed in: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545. Still no luck though, can't even get into safe mode.
I have most of the important data backed up, but theres some stuff on there that isn't backed up because I don't need, I'd like to not delete. Does it look like I reinstall windows without formatting or is there another option before that? I might stick the drive onto another computer just to copy files off first.
Thanks,
Thien
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