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8 Characters · 10-17-2005, 02:46 AM

IS there any way to do a rollback (via system restore) using the recovery console running from the installation CD?

PC won't boot, probably after fuckin' latest MS updates.

Can't boot in any possible way. SP2.

Anyone know some secrets about the recovery console which I don't?

UltraSonic · 10-17-2005, 02:48 AM

You might want to try a repair, using the original windows CD.

8 Characters · 10-17-2005, 02:49 AM

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Originally Posted by UltraSonic

You might want to try a repair, using the original windows CD.

Yep, tried, no luck at all.

UltraSonic · 10-17-2005, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by 8 Characters

Yep, tried, no luck at all.

Well then i don't think you can do any recovery, not if you didn't make a recovery point at regular bases.
Try to get a second harddisk, install winXP on it, set it as master, boot up and get all your work of the other harddisk set as secondary or slave.

8 Characters · 10-17-2005, 02:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by UltraSonic

Well then i don't think you can do any recovery, not if you didn't make a recovery point at regular bases.
Try to get a second harddisk, install winXP on it, set it as master, boot up and get all your work of the other harddisk set as secondary or slave.

Yeah, looks like this or reinstalling windows completely.
The System Restore crap was making backup points every now and then, but I can't get into windows to run system restore

sunshynevideo · 10-17-2005, 05:26 AM

try to do a registry restore from the command line. That is if you can get to the command line. or check this from micro shaft
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545

But in a nutshell remember this

1) The WinXP registry consists of 5 files located in
c:\windows\system32\config directory

SYSTEM; SOFTWARE; SAM; SECURITY and DEFAULT

You could choose to copy or back these up separately from Ontrack or
SystemState.

2) It is possible to extract these five files from any valid system restore
point by the following means:

In windows explorer go to the folder called 'system volume information'
there you should find one or more folders _restore{*********}
This folder will contain subfolders called RPxxx, each containing another
sub folder called 'snapshot'.
In this folder the registry files are called:

_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SYSTEM
_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE
_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SAM
_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SECURITY
_REGISTRY_USER_DEFAULT

Knowing these files/folders, if you can't start Windows, you can use DOS
commands to restore any/all in FAT32 and Recovery Consul in NTFS (renaming
them as per (1) above).

May be useful sometime.

You should be able to use the above info to go backwards before you did the update.

Hope it helps!

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10-17-2005, 05:26 AM	#6
sunshynevideo Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Sin City Baby! Posts: 360	try to do a registry restore from the command line. That is if you can get to the command line. or check this from micro shaft http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545 But in a nutshell remember this 1) The WinXP registry consists of 5 files located in c:\windows\system32\config directory SYSTEM; SOFTWARE; SAM; SECURITY and DEFAULT You could choose to copy or back these up separately from Ontrack or SystemState. 2) It is possible to extract these five files from any valid system restore point by the following means: In windows explorer go to the folder called 'system volume information' there you should find one or more folders _restore{*********} This folder will contain subfolders called RPxxx, each containing another sub folder called 'snapshot'. In this folder the registry files are called: _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SYSTEM _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SOFTWARE _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SAM _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SECURITY _REGISTRY_USER_DEFAULT Knowing these files/folders, if you can't start Windows, you can use DOS commands to restore any/all in FAT32 and Recovery Consul in NTFS (renaming them as per (1) above). May be useful sometime. You should be able to use the above info to go backwards before you did the update. Hope it helps!