Can't Boot/Can't Find Install Disks

[Guest]

How do I delete it? And is there a possibility I might regret this deletion
later?

Needier

 

[Dave Patrick]

del C:\winnt\system32\config\system

There never is a folder named system in this location natively. If you like
you can alternately;

rename C:\winnt\system32\config\system systemold


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:
| How do I delete it? And is there a possibility I might regret this
deletion
| later?
|
| Needier

 

[Guest]

One detail before I blow it to smithereens...

The folder is C:\WINNT\SYSTEM

and since I'm getting:

"A directory or file with the name SYSTEM already exists"

Is it possible that this response is refering this "SYSTEM" rather than

C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

Just checking

 

[Dave Patrick]

No. A completely different path. This directory also does not exist on a
default install of Windows 2000. Also note that you won't be able to delete
an directory that is not empty. The command line should have been;

rd C:\winnt\system32\config\system

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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:
| One detail before I blow it to smithereens...
|
| The folder is C:\WINNT\SYSTEM
|
| and since I'm getting:
|
| "A directory or file with the name SYSTEM already exists"
|
| Is it possible that this response is refering this "SYSTEM" rather than
|
| C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
|
| Just checking

 

[Guest]

Here's my response:

"The system cannot find the file or directory specified."

 

[Dave Patrick]

You may have some level of file system corruption. Try also from the command
line;
chkdsk /r

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Here's my response:
|
| "The system cannot find the file or directory specified."