<sarcasm> I too had trouble booting one day, coincidentally when I was eating cereal. I finished my cereal and tried again and wow, it worked. Nobody else should eat cereal while trying to boot, since it did not work for me and my particular hardware. </sarcasm>
Erle http://GANNS.com Games, Science, Technology, Humor Tell your friends about GANNS.com or I will cut you in the face. > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, March 23, 2005 3:02 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: [Prime] Re: Prime Digest, Vol 11, Issue 18 > > > > > if you read the bottom then read my answer it will make sence > i ran sp1 for 3 years ive had xp since it came out now 3 > months after i upgrade i get a corrupt > C:/windows/system32/config/system message on boot > > ok so i fix that > > at least long enough to back up my entire harddrive hence i > reinstall update it all the way hence again the same thing > happens i get the same message a few months later now i begin > to wonder reinstall and dont use > sp2 since all trouble seams to start from sp2 im guessing > this goes back to a patch they released to fix the exact > problem was undone by sp2. i believe it depends on how you > use your system i use mine for a range from gameing to > surfing the forums. > > >>I would like to give my 2 cents worth to the people who have had > >>trouble with booting apprently i have had the same thing i > do tf but i > >>got a corrupt file now heres the thing all of it started > after sp2 do > >>you booth have sp2 if so i would susgest you get rid of it i had no > >>trouble with sp1 but sp2 is a killer it seams to have some > issues with > >>a file that gets corrupted or to large and hten sys wont > boot and will > >>give you a error message with a folder named system. I > believe sp2 is culprut. > >> > >> > > > >thats HORRIBLE advice, there's absolutely NOTHING wrong with SP2 if > >your software is legitimate and you're not running some other buggy > >stuff that breaks under SP2. > > > >the primary reason for SP2 problems are pirated license keys > ('DeViLsOwN' > >'corporate' stuff, etc). > > > >I have been running prime95 24/7 on a variety of XP > machines, before and after > >SP2, and have had no problems with it. *EVERY* time I've > had a prime95 > >related problem, its been flakey hardware. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Prime mailing list > [email protected] > http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime > _______________________________________________ Prime mailing list [email protected] http://hogranch.com/mailman/listinfo/prime
