start up problems with registry

[leoliver]

Hi Everybody,

I have a Dell Dimension 4550, XP pro, SP2 desktop.The other night, while working on my computer,there was a wheather related power-out. When the power came back on, I tried to restart my computer, it went to a screen that said Windows failed to start normally and gave me some options to restart Windows. I choose " Restart at the last know good configuration point", and Windows, did restart but with theis message on the screen :

"Windows - Registry Recovery.... One of the files containing the system's

registry data had to be recovered by use of a log or alternative copy. The

recovery was sucessfull."

My computer is running, and restarting but everytime it does restart, it displays the above message.

After wading thru some microsoft knowledge base articles, I found one that shed some light on my problem : " How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from startingHow to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from starting" (Article ID : 307545)

Although my computer is starting, it's not starting normally, which has me concerned. It's starting from registry restore points( not system restore points) in the system volume information folder. And system volume isn't aware of the previous registry restore points, so it creates a new restore point (without deleting the older points ; RP1, RP2, etc.) everytime the computer restarts.

Some of these system volume restore points are up to 432 mb in size.

In the microsoft article I refered to, it listed some fix it procedures that looked promising, but the article had a disclaimer that stated that some of the fix-it techniques would not work on OEM computer, which my DEll is. I think the disclaimer my have been refering to using the Windows Recovery Console , but I'm uncertain. It did warn that using the Recovery Console, with these techniques could make a OEM computer unstartable.

I don't know if it is safe to delete some of the old system volume registry restore points either. If I keep on restarting my computer, with it's current system start up confiuration, I may have my entire harddrive filled up with system volume registry restore points!

If anyone can share some repair procedures I may use, it would be greatly appreciated .

Thank you!

[Hell-Rell]

Wouldnt Hurt Too Help too Try The Windows Recovery Console....just do a upgrade onto your Windows XP system...see what that would do...or boot too safe mode and delte ya system volume points everytime...lol...j/p