Another Windows XP Recovery Console Tip (Part 1)

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Not too long ago, I’ve covered a post on using recovery console to repair your Win XP boot menus.

Note :- That post applied to the normal boot issues where the Windows Loading screen keeps on loading .. and loading …. and ….loading …. and …..loading ….

What I’ve encountered recently is far more challenging than that …

I’m able to pass through the loading menu but upon entering Windows, I was prompted “System error : Lsass.exe”. The system restarted upon me pressing the “OK” button ….. and it repeated itself ever since.

What do I do?

One thing I’ve discovered using the automatically repair for Windows XP function from the CD would not solved this problem, so I have to turn to a more backward approach : The Recovery Console again .

Another day … another recovery console discovery.

Note the below mentioned steps applied to boot issues that has a prompt “System Error : Lsass.exe” only.

Upon restarting your setup disk, choose the Repair using Recovery Console option.

Choose the installation you want to repair.

• If it is C:Windows, then type the number 1 and press enter.
• Next type in your administrator password. Leave it blank and press enter if there ain’t any.
• Type in the following lines below and press enter at every line
  • md tmp
  • copy c:\windows\system32\config\system c:\windows\tmp\system.bak
  • copy c:\windows\system32\config\software c:\windows\tmp\software.bak
  • copy c:\windows\system32\config\sam c:\windows\tmp\sam.bak
  • copy c:\windows\system32\config\security c:\windows\tmp\security.bak
  • copy c:\windows\system32\config\default c:\windows\tmp\default.bak
  • delete c:\windows\system32\config\system
  • delete c:\windows\system32\config\software
  • delete c:\windows\system32\config\sam
  • delete c:\windows\system32\config\security
  • delete c:\windows\system32\config\default
  • copy c:\windows\repair\system c:\windows\system32\config\system
  • copy c:\windows\repair\software c:windows\system32\config\software
  • copy c:\windows\repair\sam c:\windows\system32\config\sam
  • copy c:\windows\repair\security c:\windows\system32\config\security
  • copy c:\windows\repair\default c:\windows\system32\config\default

After you have all of these lines, type exit to quit the Recovery Console.

This is a three part series and I will be continuing this remedy in next 2 posts.

Note this remedy method is lengthy , if you’re able to acess and transfer your files via Knoppix Linux (do it) …
Watch for my next 2 posts of this series….