Re: Recovery Console - dir and cd commands say "The path or file specified is not valid". Why?
From: Dave (noone_at_nowhere.com)
Date: 03/14/05
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Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2005 14:08:48 -0500
"Phil Addison" <phil_a@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote in message
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> [I asked already in microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support, without
> a solution, so am cross-posting. Hope someone here knows the answer -
> thanks.]
>
> I have a Dell Latitude CPt C333GT loaded with XP Pro which will not
> complete booting from the HDD.
>
> From power up I get the usual boot menu with "Safe", "Safe + network",
> "Safe + Command prompt", "Last known good configuration", And "Start
> windows normally".
>
> Choosing "Start windows normally" produces:
>
> XP splash screen for a few seconds then a blank screen for about 5
> minutes during which the HDD is making repetitive sounds. That finishes
> with a blue screen saying:
> "STOP: c0000218 Unknown Hard Error
> Dumping physical memory to disk: nn" (where nn counts up).
> After some 10s of seconds the machine re-boots and the cycle starts
> again.
>
> Booting into "Safe Mode" I get:
> XP splash screen for a few seconds then a list of drivers being loaded.
> The last few in the list are:
>
> multi(0)disk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS\System32\Drivers\ACPI.sys, WMILIB,
> pci, isapnp, compbatt, BATTC, intelide, PCIIDEX, pcmcia, MountMgr,
> ftdisk, PartMgr, VolSnap, atapi, disk, CLASSPNP, sr, KsecDD Ntfs, NDIS,
> Mup, agp440.sys.
>
> These all have ".sys" extensions, and the list ends with "agp440.sys".
> At this point the disk is repetitively cycling, and the above list
> remains on the screen. After about 3 minutes I get a blue screen saying
>
> "STOP: c0000218 {Registry File Failure}
> The registry cannot load the hive (file):
> \SystemRoot\System32\Config\SECURITY or its log or alternate. It is
> corrupt, absent, or not writable.
> Dumping physical memory to disk: nn"
>
> After some 1/2 minute or so the machine re-boots, and the same happens
> again.
>
> I found a KB article that indicates the problem is corrupted registry
> hives: "How to troubleshoot a Stop 0xC0000218 error"
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/314874. This article refers to "How to
> recover from a corrupted registry"
> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545, which explains how to use the
> Recovery Console to restore the hives.
>
> So far so good, and can I load the Recovery Console from an XP Pro CD.
>
> I immediately hit a snag in that the commands I need are all disabled.
>
> In particular DIR, CD, MD will not run, so I cannot do anything useful.
> These commands respond with "The path or file specified is not valid".
>
> Also the 307545 article says I should see an administrator password
> dialog, but I am getting straight into the recovery console without
> seeing that.
>
> I currently have a C:\Windows> prompt, but cannot navigate at all
> because of the disabled dir, etc, commands.
>
> System restore from start-up does not work, so I do need to be able to
> restore the registry files manually.
>
> I can also boot into 'setup' from an XP Pro CD and could do a repair
> installation, but only want to try that as a last resort, because of the
> risks of upsetting application settings.
>
> Any ideas please?
>
> Phil
i would get something like norton utilities that boots off a cd and do a
test on that disk. something sure sounds bad about it. and doing a repair
installation on a corrupt disk would likely make things worse.
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