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boot into DOS and type scanreg.... but, it almost sounds like an invitation to format and reload. Maybe someone else can suggest something else. But, when all else fails...
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Sounds to me like data corruption from the overclocked harddrive?? Bruno hit the nail on the head... I keep a ghost image of my primary partition at all times. I'd hate to have to start over all the time with all the drivers and tweaking I do ![]()
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Smacks a bit of registry corruption if you ask me... The file %SYSTEMROOT%\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM is actually a major part of your registry. If you can get to a command line, it might be possible to copy %SYSTEMROOT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM.SAV to %SYSTEMROOT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM, and the system may reboot, but you will loose all system specific settings, like all hardware stuff. There may also be a file called "SYSTEM.ALT" in the same place. If so, this would be a better bet to copy to SYSTEM. If neither of these work, and you don't have an RDISK you can use, then you have no choice but to re-install. There's no other way I know of that you can use to practically rebuild the entire registry with. AidanII
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I decided to reinstall. I definetly learned my lesson and will not try to mess with my fsb. I'm happy running my xp @1667. I'm lucky enough to backup all my data on cdrs or else I would be pulling out my hair in disgust. Thank You Guys.
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![]() Oh, don't give up. This is just half the fun. Plus, it'll teach ya to keep your progs on other partitions than C: It's no biggie...I do it all the time. It's a great way to learn. Bruno ![]()
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I had that quite a few times on my old unstable system. When ever I got that error I would boot up command consol and quickly do a "chkdsk /f /r". Sometimes it worked other times it didn't. I also just backed up that whole folder from command consol too. Backing up is worth it. For a while I always had a dual boot setup just so if one OS wasn't working, I would use the other while I fix the broken one. Thanks to XP no more dually. I too have ghost but I don't use it. I should just hook up my tape drive someday, it's only a 4giger, but it still works. Can ghost work with a scsi tape drive?
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I uploaded a usefull program called "memory stuff" to AOAfiles. In the zip there is a program called memtest that runs from a DOS boot disk. Then you can test your memory stability from DOS without risking your HDD, ive often found that an overclock is unstable without ever booting into windows, and never risking corruption. I also run ghost before I do any daft overclocking to be extra sure.
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