I have a 60MB HD with Win2k. I purchased a 160MB HD to install XP with
multiboot. I read the articals and hace Win2k on C: and have sucessfully
installed XP. Now when I try to boot to Win2k I get an error message stating
the \winnt\system32\config\system file is missing or corrupt. When I boot to
XP and look on C: drinve and in the config folder the files seem to be there.
What do I need to do to boot to Win2k?

Thank you in advance.

JT

I see now that I am to tired to be typing but, Is there a way that I can cut
and paste the files from my work desktop to the C: drive?

"JT" wrote:

> I have a 60MB HD with Win2k. I purchased a 160MB HD to install XP with
> multiboot. I read the articals and hace Win2k on C: and have sucessfully
> installed XP. Now when I try to boot to Win2k I get an error message stating
> the \winnt\system32\config\system file is missing or corrupt. When I boot to
> XP and look on C: drinve and in the config folder the files seem to be there.
> What do I need to do to boot to Win2k?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> JT

Is it possible to copy the system files from my work computer to this
computer to see if that will get them up and running?

"JT" wrote:

> I have a 60MB HD with Win2k. I purchased a 160MB HD to install XP with
> multiboot. I read the articals and hace Win2k on C: and have sucessfully
> installed XP. Now when I try to boot to Win2k I get an error message stating
> the \winnt\system32\config\system file is missing or corrupt. When I boot to
> XP and look on C: drinve and in the config folder the files seem to be there.
> What do I need to do to boot to Win2k?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> JT

This could be caused by your antivirus software, try disabling the boot
check protion of the AV package, (or disable it completely) and see what
happens.

John

JT wrote:

> I have a 60MB HD with Win2k. I purchased a 160MB HD to install XP with
> multiboot. I read the articals and hace Win2k on C: and have sucessfully
> installed XP. Now when I try to boot to Win2k I get an error message stating
> the \winnt\system32\config\system file is missing or corrupt. When I boot to
> XP and look on C: drinve and in the config folder the files seem to be there.
> What do I need to do to boot to Win2k?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> JT

John,

I have uninstalled the AV package on the XP drive. I am not sure how to
disable it from the C: drive not being able to boot to it.

"John John" wrote:

> This could be caused by your antivirus software, try disabling the boot
> check protion of the AV package, (or disable it completely) and see what
> happens.
>
> John
>
> JT wrote:
>
> > I have a 60MB HD with Win2k. I purchased a 160MB HD to install XP with
> > multiboot. I read the articals and hace Win2k on C: and have sucessfully
> > installed XP. Now when I try to boot to Win2k I get an error message stating
> > the \winnt\system32\config\system file is missing or corrupt. When I boot to
> > XP and look on C: drinve and in the config folder the files seem to be there.
> > What do I need to do to boot to Win2k?
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> > JT
>

Are you proficient or at least somewhat knowledgeable of the Windows
Registry? From the Windows XP installation you can use Regedit to load
the Windows 2000 HKLM hive and disable it from there. Also, there is
another issue with large or corrupt system hive that can cause similar
problems, but the error message is usually slightly different. Make
sure that you give us the EXACT error message, word for word, letter for
letter.

John

JT wrote:

> John,
>
> I have uninstalled the AV package on the XP drive. I am not sure how to
> disable it from the C: drive not being able to boot to it.
>
> "John John" wrote:
>
>
>>This could be caused by your antivirus software, try disabling the boot
>>check protion of the AV package, (or disable it completely) and see what
>>happens.
>>
>>John
>>
>>JT wrote:
>>
>>
>>>I have a 60MB HD with Win2k. I purchased a 160MB HD to install XP with
>>>multiboot. I read the articals and hace Win2k on C: and have sucessfully
>>>installed XP. Now when I try to boot to Win2k I get an error message stating
>>>the \winnt\system32\config\system file is missing or corrupt. When I boot to
>>>XP and look on C: drinve and in the config folder the files seem to be there.
>>>What do I need to do to boot to Win2k?
>>>
>>>Thank you in advance.
>>>
>>>JT
>>

Correction: "... use Regedit to load the Windows 2000 SYSTEM hive..."

John

John John wrote:

> Are you proficient or at least somewhat knowledgeable of the Windows
> Registry? From the Windows XP installation you can use Regedit to load
> the Windows 2000 HKLM hive and disable it from there. Also, there is
> another issue with large or corrupt system hive that can cause similar
> problems, but the error message is usually slightly different. Make
> sure that you give us the EXACT error message, word for word, letter for
> letter.
>
> John
>
> JT wrote:
>
>> John,
>>
>> I have uninstalled the AV package on the XP drive. I am not sure how
>> to disable it from the C: drive not being able to boot to it.
>>
>> "John John" wrote:
>>
>>
>>> This could be caused by your antivirus software, try disabling the
>>> boot check protion of the AV package, (or disable it completely) and
>>> see what happens.
>>>
>>> John
>>>
>>> JT wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>> I have a 60MB HD with Win2k. I purchased a 160MB HD to install XP
>>>> with multiboot. I read the articals and hace Win2k on C: and have
>>>> sucessfully installed XP. Now when I try to boot to Win2k I get an
>>>> error message stating the \winnt\system32\config\system file is
>>>> missing or corrupt. When I boot to XP and look on C: drinve and in
>>>> the config folder the files seem to be there. What do I need to do
>>>> to boot to Win2k?
>>>>
>>>> Thank you in advance.
>>>>
>>>> JT
>>>
>>>

JT wrote:
> I have a 60MB HD with Win2k. I purchased a 160MB HD to install XP with
> multiboot. I read the articals and hace Win2k on C: and have sucessfully
> installed XP. Now when I try to boot to Win2k I get an error message stating
> the \winnt\system32\config\system file is missing or corrupt. When I boot to
> XP and look on C: drinve and in the config folder the files seem to be there.
> What do I need to do to boot to Win2k?
>
> Thank you in advance.
>
> JT


The damaged or missing file is question is a key part of the Win2K
registry. I've used the following to successfully repair such problems
in the past:

Registry Repair Utility download for Windows 2000-based computers
http://support.microsoft.com/default...roduct=win2000

If that doesn't work, you may need to perform a repair installation of
Win2K:

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q292175


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John John wrote:
> This could be caused by your antivirus software,


No, that could have nothing to do with the problem, as described.

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Something elase comes to mind. Would it be eiser to "Uninstall" the multiboot
process and get my C: drive (Win2k) to boot correctly and reinstall XP. I
have not installed any programs on the XP drive yet.

Again thank you in advance for your ideas.

JT

"Bruce Chambers" wrote:

> JT wrote:
> > I have a 60MB HD with Win2k. I purchased a 160MB HD to install XP with
> > multiboot. I read the articals and hace Win2k on C: and have sucessfully
> > installed XP. Now when I try to boot to Win2k I get an error message stating
> > the \winnt\system32\config\system file is missing or corrupt. When I boot to
> > XP and look on C: drinve and in the config folder the files seem to be there.
> > What do I need to do to boot to Win2k?
> >
> > Thank you in advance.
> >
> > JT
>
>
> The damaged or missing file is question is a key part of the Win2K
> registry. I've used the following to successfully repair such problems
> in the past:
>
> Registry Repair Utility download for Windows 2000-based computers
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...roduct=win2000
>
> If that doesn't work, you may need to perform a repair installation of
> Win2K:
>
> How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
> http://support.microsoft.com/default...;en-us;Q292175
>
>
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>
> Bruce Chambers
>
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>
> Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do. -Bertrand Russell
>