Vista missing & corrupt files
Vista on HP laptop...
"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt"
\windows\system32\config\s
Does not list any particular files...
I have a Vista DVD...no activation code...and would like to try a "repair install" like with XP...
My experience with Vista is VERY limited...and I'm not sure if I'm doing it right...
When I boot from Vista DVD, and go to F8...I get a bunch of options...kinda like XP...
Safe Mode
Safe Mode with networking
Last known good...
and several more...
Nothing that suggests I'm installing Vista on top of the previous installation...
i go to Start Windows Normally...it starts to load...and I get a screen that lets me Repair Widnows...
In System Recovery Optioins it looks for the previous installation, but cannot find it...
And at this point I;m stuck...
I got the Vista reinstallation DVD's from HP...but I suspect this is for a new installation only...no "Repair Install" available, I suspect...
Thoughts...Suggestions appreciated...
"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt"
\windows\system32\config\s
Does not list any particular files...
I have a Vista DVD...no activation code...and would like to try a "repair install" like with XP...
My experience with Vista is VERY limited...and I'm not sure if I'm doing it right...
When I boot from Vista DVD, and go to F8...I get a bunch of options...kinda like XP...
Safe Mode
Safe Mode with networking
Last known good...
and several more...
Nothing that suggests I'm installing Vista on top of the previous installation...
i go to Start Windows Normally...it starts to load...and I get a screen that lets me Repair Widnows...
In System Recovery Optioins it looks for the previous installation, but cannot find it...
And at this point I;m stuck...
I got the Vista reinstallation DVD's from HP...but I suspect this is for a new installation only...no "Repair Install" available, I suspect...
Thoughts...Suggestions appreciated...
be careful thought as this resets your registry files to the originals, before anything was installed
here are instructions on a repair install
read the warnings
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-repair-install-vista.html
here are instructions on a repair install
read the warnings
http://www.vistax64.com/tutorials/88236-repair-install-vista.html
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Yeah...kinda what I figgured...
brendenmeyer...I think this is more than what I need...I go back to default registry...then I will probably have to reinstall all drivers etc afterword...and getting all the drivers for HP sometimes can be an issue...
And I had been searching and reading your vista64.com link...went thru quite a few things over the past day or so...
Ian admino...I guess most reasonable...really was hoping I could avoid this...have done several HP re-installes from their CD's in XP...usually takes several hours...
Many thanx for the suggestions...
Appreciate your time...
brendenmeyer...I think this is more than what I need...I go back to default registry...then I will probably have to reinstall all drivers etc afterword...and getting all the drivers for HP sometimes can be an issue...
And I had been searching and reading your vista64.com link...went thru quite a few things over the past day or so...
Ian admino...I guess most reasonable...really was hoping I could avoid this...have done several HP re-installes from their CD's in XP...usually takes several hours...
Many thanx for the suggestions...
Appreciate your time...
SYSTEM is the actual file name of the registry