System Registry Recovery data

Good evening,
I’m running Windows XP Media Edition on a Dell XPS 400.
Had to replace the hard drive and while getting everything loaded on the new drive I booted up and get this error message:
One of the files containing System Registry Data had to be recovered by use of a log or alternate copy. The recovery was successful.
This error message comes up every time I boot up my computer.
What can I do to resolve this issue?

I tried a search but come up empty since I do not think it to be a virus.
I am running McAfee and it is running fine and is updated.

All the data was backed up on an external hard drive but it seems many applications must be reinstalled.

I'd like to resolve this issue before going much further. So if anyone has any idea on how to repair this recovery action I will try it

Thanks in advance for you time and cooperation,
Ralph1

 

Arie,
Thanks for your response to my problem.
I have three user accounts on this computer. Mine, my wife and another.
They all have the same error message when booting.
Is there another thing we could try?
Thanks for you time. Please continue to pick your brain for a solution.
Have a great night,
Ralph1

 

Arie,
Sorry I misunderstood you.
OK, set up a new account and get the same response upon boot up.
What is the next step?
Ralph1

 

Good afternoon Arie,
I have tried the chkdsk /r which I run from the Recovery Consol commands. It took about two and a half hours to run - with the same result at boot up.

I guess the next thing is to try the Windows Memory Diagnostic.
Any other suggestion before I run the memory check?
Thanks to taking the time to walk me through this,
Ralph1

 

Arie,
I have a few other problems at startup which might give you a better understanding of my initial registry situation I described earlier. I didn't think there was any connection but maybe there is.

First; I have worked on the appearance of my desktop so I have small icons by going to properties-setting, and 1024 X 768 at 32bits.

When I boot up the desktop come up quickly and nicely (with small icons) but a few seconds later the icons become large and it takes a while for the desktop to populate.
So my problem is how do I maintain my small icon settings at start up?

Secondly; After the desktop is up and running as described above two application start running that I do not wish to have open (Namely the Windows Messenger and Verizon Internet Security Suite – which I do not subscribe to since I have McAfee).
How do I stop these applications from running at start up?

I know these problems seem simple to you but for a beginner –I’m lost. These questions are so simple I can not find them in my search. But than again my searching skills are not the great ether.

If there is a connection maybe it will provide another clue on how to fix the problem. If not , how do I resove these problems?

Thank you for any assistance you have to offer,
Ralph1

 

Good Afternoon Arei,

Sorry I have taken so long to get back to you but it took a while to run the memory tests.
I first ran the Basic Windows Memory Diagnostic (WMD) test and it passed fine. I then ran the extended WMD test with cache off and the extended map. It took almost a week of continual testing (night and day) to complete this test – No errors found.

I then ran a Standard WMD test and came up with 404 errors in DIMM_1’ which is a 512 MB DDR SDRAM DIMM (there are four in the system); this took tow days. The errors occurred in the WMATS+ test. In a number of memory addresses in which an expected output was 01010101 but the actual reading was 01010111.

This bothered me so I ran the standard test again with no errors reported this time.

So, with that information what do you think is the next step?

By the way what can I do about the monitor setting I wrote about earlier:
I have worked on the appearance of my desktop so I have small icons by going to properties-setting, and 1024 X 768 at 32bits.
When I boot up the desktop come up quickly and nicely (with small icons) but a few seconds later the icons become large and it takes a while for the desktop to populate.
So my first problem is how do I maintain my small icon settings?)


Thank you for you time,

Ralph1

 

Thanks for your help. I'll see about a replacement DIMM
Take care of yourself and be safe.
Ralph1