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I did a search of these forums and found a link to a microsoft.com article that sounded like it might fix it. I had to use the cd to get to the recovery console, then backup the registry files, then copy some 'recovery' registry files into their place. They suggested copying/pasting the batch commands into a batch file, and executing them. I did this, but they did not mention the *sarcastic* small fact that you had to copy this batch file to the windows folder before running it. I should have known better, but I didn't think about it, and ran the batch file from the floppy disk. The first command it executed was to create a temporary directory to back up the registry in. Well, it didn't have an absolute path defined, it was relative. So the batch file created the temporary directory on the floppy! The rest of the commands(copy,delete,copy) all had absolute paths pointing to the windows system folders, so they all worked just as they were supposed to, except that the commands to back up the registry files couldnt find the temporary directory to place them in(since it was on the floppy, not in the windows folder), so those failed! After the batch file had finished running, I had effectively deleted my windows registry files from existence, and replaced them with recovery backup files! Arghhhh... I ended up doing what you said and getting into the 'repair windows installaion', but I still had some funky things happening in windows. I ended up just reformatting and reinstalling windows. All of my data and programs were on a separate partition(praise the lord!), so basically all I had to restore were some driver files and personal settings. All in all, it was a big waste of time that never should have happened! That's the last time I'm setting any cpu-intensive process to realtime! Thanks for the help
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