Windows registry:

The registry forms a vital part in Windows based computers. It stores important information for Windows which is required by the operating system while executing programs. Windows scans the registry each time it looks for relevant data. With the use of your PC, errors such as obsolete data, invalid information, incomplete, corrupted and redundant entries start to build up in the registry. With this, the size of the registry increases. Windows takes more and more time to scan the registry and your computer starts to run slow. Microsoft Windows repair can help you remove errors from your registry system and keeps your computer performing normally.

Errors in the registry produce conflicts. This may cause Windows to crash, and your computer will fail to boot. At this point you may have to re-install your Windows operating system after re-formatting your hard drive. If you have not taken a back-up of your data, you may lose it all during the process. Registry problems may at first start with your computer running slow. Eventually, your system could get unstable with your monitor screen turning blue. As a result, your computer may fail to boot. To avoid such problems, you need to regularly remove the accumulation of errors from the registry with Microsoft Windows repair registry cleaning software.

Windows XP recovery console:

The recovery console can be found in your Windows XP CD which has been provided by Microsoft. As the CD loads in your computer, the set-up will eventually display a “Welcome to Setup” screen. You need to follow the instructions on your screen, and may even need your administrative password to proceed further with the repair.

In using the recovery console, you need to know a few things, which include:

- Knowing your administrative password. - You need to have some experience using MS-DOS before you start to run the recovery console. - The directories available to you are the root directory and the Microsoft Windows or Winnt directory. No other directory will be available to you. - You will not be able to copy information from one hard drive to the other since you will not have access to your main drive. You will only have access to your floppy drives, CD-ROM drives and other disk drives, and you will be able to copy information from one of these drives to the other.

Your Windows XP CD provides you with the facility to repair Windows errors. You need to back-up the data in your computer, and you should always take this back-up on a separate hard drive, a CD, or on network storage. In this way, the data that you have backed up will not be affected by any repair you do on the Windows operating system. Before attempting the repair to install Windows, look up the descriptions of appropriate warning links available on the Internet. Microsoft provides you with instructions to repair Windows from the CD provided.

Follow the instructions correctly in order to retain your data as you proceed with repair and installation of your Windows XP. The process will enable you to replace the damaged Windows files while retaining the data you have in your computer with your settings and applications remaining as before. However, when you have completed Microsoft Windows repair, you need to download all the Microsoft Windows XP updates.