Sunday afternoon

RE: one of the files containing the system's registry data had to be
recoverd by use of a log or alternate copy

How I determine why this is happening and how do I stop it.

J

Rightclick the system drive icon in Explorer, click Properties, Tools tab,
and run the Error Checking on the drive.

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"J" <Jnospam@nowhere.com> wrote in message
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> Sunday afternoon
>
> RE: one of the files containing the system's registry data had to be
> recoverd by use of a log or alternate copy
>
> How I determine why this is happening and how do I stop it.
>
> J
>
>

Thank you for your response.

I always run a disk scan before attempting any repairs. And before I as for
help.

This is a family member's computer.

Some forum messages indicate this could result from a hardware/memory
problem.

So, last month when it was doing this I ran memtest overnight. and spinrite
and,..... sandra and,....

(Just ordered some new ram, Just in case.)

=================
But, this time I am tired of this.

And could not get rid of iGoogle. And some other problems.

So, I formated the drive and installed XP anew.

After 3 boots the recovery error headed its ugly rear.

The event log entry, help and support, indicate a driver could not be
loaded. Very helpful indeed.


Where else can I look for clues.

Dell Dimension
XP home

I had SP3 installed, but yet this time.

J


"Mark L. Ferguson" <MarkLFerguson@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
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> Rightclick the system drive icon in Explorer, click Properties, Tools tab,
> and run the Error Checking on the drive.
>
> --
> Please use the Communities guidelines when posting.
> http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales...help_en-us.htm
> Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP
> https://mvp.support.microsoft.com/profile/Mark.Ferguson
>
> "J" <Jnospam@nowhere.com> wrote in message
> news:Omqxooq6IHA.4596@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Sunday afternoon
>>
>> RE: one of the files containing the system's registry data had to be
>> recoverd by use of a log or alternate copy
>>
>> How I determine why this is happening and how do I stop it.
>>
>> J
>>
>>

"J" <Jnospam@nowhere.com> wrote in
news:Omqxooq6IHA.4596@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:

> Sunday afternoon
>
> RE: one of the files containing the system's registry data had to
> be recoverd by use of a log or alternate copy
>
> How I determine why this is happening and how do I stop it.
>
> J

I had this problem once. It got worse until eventually the computer
wouldn't boot. I then reloaded Windows and the problem started
anew. It ended up being caused by the hard drive not remembering
what was written to it. It was a strange symptom... the drive would
pass all tests and would work fine for several hours, but leave it
sit overnight and it would lose sectors. I replaced the hard drive
and never had this problem again.

If you only have this problem once, it's probably not a big deal.
If it happens every time you reboot, watch out.

In the mean time, keep your backups current.

-- John

Thank you for your reply. A new drive is on its way.

"John Wunderlich" <jwunderlich@lycos.com> wrote in message
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> "J" <Jnospam@nowhere.com> wrote in
> news:Omqxooq6IHA.4596@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl:
>
>> Sunday afternoon
>>
>> RE: one of the files containing the system's registry data had to
>> be recoverd by use of a log or alternate copy
>>
>> How I determine why this is happening and how do I stop it.
>>
>> J
>
> I had this problem once. It got worse until eventually the computer
> wouldn't boot. I then reloaded Windows and the problem started
> anew. It ended up being caused by the hard drive not remembering
> what was written to it. It was a strange symptom... the drive would
> pass all tests and would work fine for several hours, but leave it
> sit overnight and it would lose sectors. I replaced the hard drive
> and never had this problem again.
>
> If you only have this problem once, it's probably not a big deal.
> If it happens every time you reboot, watch out.
>
> In the mean time, keep your backups current.
>
> -- John