Windows XP Pro error message on completion of boot into GUI

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At end of bootup I have started getting following message for the last 10 days:

Windows Registry Recovery: One of the files conataining the system's

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

recovery was successful.



I click OK and I'm alright. But this is distracting and new. Any

suggestions on how to proceed? Is there a way to fix the registry so that

this will not recur?

Thanks, CMA
 
CMA6 wrote:

> At end of bootup I have started getting following message for the last 10 days:

> Windows Registry Recovery: One of the files conataining the system's

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

> recovery was successful.

>

> I click OK and I'm alright. But this is distracting and new. Any

> suggestions on how to proceed? Is there a way to fix the registry so that

> this will not recur?

> Thanks, CMA





better run a RAM test first
 
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> At end of bootup I have started getting following message for the

> last 10 days: Windows Registry Recovery: One of the files

> conataining the system's registry data had to be recovered by use

> of a log or alternate copy. The recovery was successful.

>

> I click OK and I'm alright. But this is distracting and new. Any

> suggestions on how to proceed? Is there a way to fix the registry

> so that this will not recur?



This error indicates that one of the registry files could not be read

correctly at boot-up from the disk. This could be an isolated disk

sector problem or the beginning of your hard drive going bad.



Step 1 would be to backup all your critical data on another disk

Step 2 would be to run "chkdsk" to verify the integrity of your disk

and map out any bad sectors:

Start->Run-> chkdsk c: /R

or

R-click on C: drive->Properties->Tools(tab)->Check Now (check both

boxes then "Start").



You will have to restart your computer to execute the check. The

test takes a while, so do it when you won't need your computer for a

while.



If the problem persists after that, consider that your disk may be

going bad and keep frequent backups.



HTH,

John
 
On Mar 31, 7:24 pm, CMA6 wrote:

> At end of bootup I have started getting following message for the last 10days:

>  Windows Registry Recovery: One of the files conataining the system's

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

> recovery was successful.

>

>    I click OK and I'm alright. But this is distracting and new. Any

> suggestions on how to proceed? Is there a way to fix the registry so that

> this will not recur?

>                          Thanks, CMA



You can run a RAM test if you want - you may find instructions

helpful:



Run a test of your RAM with memtest86+ (I know it is boring and will

cost you a CD).



Memtest86+ is a more up to date version of the old memtest program and

they are not the same.



The memtest86+ will not run under Windows, so you will need to

download the ISO file and create a bootable CD, boot on that and then

run the memtest86+ program.



If even a single error is reported that is a failure and should make

you suspicious of your RAM.



If you have multiple sticks of RAM you may need to run the test on

them one at a time and change them out to isolate the failure to a

particular single stick. Always keep at least the first bank of RAM

occupied so the test will find something to do and there is enough to

boot your system.



Sometimes, reseating the RAM in the slots will relieve the error but a

failure is still cause for suspicion.



The file and instructions are here:



http://www.memtest.org/



If someone says to run memtest86, you can say that you know memtest86+

supercedes memtest86 and here's why:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memtest86
 
On Mar 31, 7:24 pm, CMA6 wrote:

> At end of bootup I have started getting following message for the last 10days:

>  Windows Registry Recovery: One of the files conataining the system's

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

> recovery was successful.

>

>    I click OK and I'm alright. But this is distracting and new. Any

> suggestions on how to proceed? Is there a way to fix the registry so that

> this will not recur?

>                          Thanks, CMA



You can run a chkdsk when your system boots but you may then be

curious to know the results:



When chkdsk runs automatically on a reboot, the results are shown in

the Event Viewer Application log.



To see the Event Viewer logs, click Start, Settings, Control Panel,

Administrative Tools, Event Viewer.



A shortcut to Event Viewer is to click Start, Run and in the box

enter:



%SystemRoot%\system32\eventvwr.msc



Click OK to launch the Event Viewer.



Look in the Application log for an event sourced by Winlogon,

something like:



Event Type: Information

Event Source: Winlogon

Event Category: None

Event ID: 1001

Description:

Checking file system on C:

The type of the file system is NTFS.



A disk check has been scheduled.

Windows will now check the disk.



CHKDSK is verifying Usn Journal...

Usn Journal verification completed.



39070048 KB total disk space.

25151976 KB in 78653 files.

48256 KB in 10264 indexes.

0 KB in bad sectors.

237080 KB in use by the system.

65536 KB occupied by the log file.

13632736 KB available on disk.



4096 bytes in each allocation unit.

9767512 total allocation units on disk.

3408184 allocation units available on disk.



Windows has finished checking your disk.

Please wait while your computer restarts.
 
Thanks to John and Jose for responses. I will do Chkdsk. (I can't do memtest

as I don't know how to make a bootable disk. Is there a Windows program for

memtest?)

Even though I checked email notifications, I never got one. Where does one

set that preference?

Thanks, CMA
 
: Windows XP Pro error message on completion of boot into GUI

Here is the information found in the Event Viewer under Event Source:

Winlogon, Event ID: 1001:



Checking file system on C:

The type of the file system is NTFS.

Cleaning up minor inconsistencies on the drive.

CHKDSK is recovering lost files.

Cleaning up 103 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.

Cleaning up 103 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.

Cleaning up 103 unused security descriptors.

CHKDSK is verifying file data (stage 4 of 5)...

File data verification completed.

CHKDSK is verifying free space (stage 5 of 5)...

Free space verification is complete.

Correcting errors in the master file table's (MFT) BITMAP attribute.

Windows has made corrections to the file system.



179759317 KB total disk space.

49596864 KB in 193512 files.

91912 KB in 11162 indexes.

0 KB in bad sectors.

830633 KB in use by the system.

65536 KB occupied by the log file.

129239908 KB available on disk.



4096 bytes in each allocation unit.

44939829 total allocation units on disk.

32309977 allocation units available on disk.



Internal Info:

10 7f 0b 00 8a 1f 03 00 b8 7d 03 00 00 00 00 00 .........}......

9f 7d 02 00 03 00 00 00 c0 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 .}..............

6c 4e 60 17 00 00 00 00 c4 91 17 a6 00 00 00 00 lN`.............

8c 6f ec 35 00 00 00 00 88 ac ad 6c 06 00 00 00 .o.5.......l....

f4 b7 ac e9 03 00 00 00 ee dc 4c 4b 0b 00 00 00 ..........LK....

b0 ff b1 8e 00 00 00 00 80 41 07 00 e8 f3 02 00 .........A......

00 00 00 00 00 00 27 d3 0b 00 00 00 9a 2b 00 00 ......'......+..



Windows has finished checking your disk.

Please wait while your computer restarts.



Thanks, CMA
 
This is what I found in Event Viewer after running Chkdsk and booting into

GUI with same error message about registry.

Event Source: Winlogon; Event ID: 1001



Checking file system on C:

The type of the file system is NTFS.

Cleaning up minor inconsistencies on the drive.

CHKDSK is recovering lost files.

Cleaning up 103 unused index entries from index $SII of file 0x9.

Cleaning up 103 unused index entries from index $SDH of file 0x9.

Cleaning up 103 unused security descriptors.

CHKDSK is verifying file data (stage 4 of 5)...

File data verification completed.

CHKDSK is verifying free space (stage 5 of 5)...

Free space verification is complete.

Correcting errors in the master file table's (MFT) BITMAP attribute.

Windows has made corrections to the file system.



179759317 KB total disk space.

49596864 KB in 193512 files.

91912 KB in 11162 indexes.

0 KB in bad sectors.

830633 KB in use by the system.

65536 KB occupied by the log file.

129239908 KB available on disk.



4096 bytes in each allocation unit.

44939829 total allocation units on disk.

32309977 allocation units available on disk.



Internal Info:

10 7f 0b 00 8a 1f 03 00 b8 7d 03 00 00 00 00 00 .........}......

9f 7d 02 00 03 00 00 00 c0 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 .}..............

6c 4e 60 17 00 00 00 00 c4 91 17 a6 00 00 00 00 lN`.............

8c 6f ec 35 00 00 00 00 88 ac ad 6c 06 00 00 00 .o.5.......l....

f4 b7 ac e9 03 00 00 00 ee dc 4c 4b 0b 00 00 00 ..........LK....

b0 ff b1 8e 00 00 00 00 80 41 07 00 e8 f3 02 00 .........A......

00 00 00 00 00 00 27 d3 0b 00 00 00 9a 2b 00 00 ......'......+..



Windows has finished checking your disk.

Please wait while your computer restarts.
 
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