corrupted SOFTWARE file
hey. . a friend of mine is unable to run his xp system. a few days ago he booted his computer and xp didn't load. he got a message that the file SOFTWARE is corrupted. he didn't install any new hardware or software and the xp ran just fine the day before.
hey..
a friend of mine is unable to run his xp system.
a few days ago he booted his computer and xp didn't load.
he got a message that the file SOFTWARE is corrupted.
he didn't install any new hardware or software and the xp ran just fine the day before.
safe mode won't load and using "last known config" didn't help either...
is there something he can do ??
is the xp that fragile ? (i thought there was suppose to be a backup of the backup of the backup in xp...)
thanks in advance !!
a friend of mine is unable to run his xp system.
a few days ago he booted his computer and xp didn't load.
he got a message that the file SOFTWARE is corrupted.
he didn't install any new hardware or software and the xp ran just fine the day before.
safe mode won't load and using "last known config" didn't help either...
is there something he can do ??
is the xp that fragile ? (i thought there was suppose to be a backup of the backup of the backup in xp...)
thanks in advance !!
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Is your friend overclocking?
The "SOFTWARE" file is located in \Windows\system32\config . This directory holds the NT registry and event viewer logs. It's usually around 20-30mg on average and should be backed up regularly. If your friend is lucky he can look in \Windows\repair and copy the "software" file from there to the \windows\system32\config but it's likely that this file is veeerry old. Has he tried repair procedures using the XP CD? Try that first before you start copying files around.
I usually see registry corruption in overclocked, improperly shutdown systems, or corrupted IDE HD's/Cables.
The "SOFTWARE" file is located in \Windows\system32\config . This directory holds the NT registry and event viewer logs. It's usually around 20-30mg on average and should be backed up regularly. If your friend is lucky he can look in \Windows\repair and copy the "software" file from there to the \windows\system32\config but it's likely that this file is veeerry old. Has he tried repair procedures using the XP CD? Try that first before you start copying files around.
I usually see registry corruption in overclocked, improperly shutdown systems, or corrupted IDE HD's/Cables.
This is a really lengthy article but it will take you step by step:
http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307545
http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307545
Maybe, but there should be a folder c:\windows\repair\ that should contain - software, default, sam, system, and security. This should have been created when he first installed XP. It will be these which are copied into the C:\windows\system32\config folder AFTER you have copied these files to c:\windows\TMP to get XP to boot. That is step 1.
Actually, he would not lose his software. It would still be on the hard disk. Unfortunately, it would not be "registered" in the registry, which means that some things simply would not work as expected.
Yes, he could try to re-install XP and it may work out as the best thing to do all around.
Yes, he could try to re-install XP and it may work out as the best thing to do all around.
