corrupted systemced

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I'm trying to get arround a problem with a PC that won't boot and has the error message...
Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEMced
I have tried renaming "system" to "system.old" and "system.alt" to "systemalt.old" then I tried copying from winnt\repair\ the system file to winnt\system32\config but no file exists in winnt\repair called "system" so obviously I cant get arround the problem using the official Microsoft solution.
The strange thing is that there is a file in the winnt\repair directory called "system.bak", when I try naming that to "system" and copying it into the winnt\system32\config directory I at least get a little further in that the machine boots and then blue screens after the win2000 logo screen has finished running the blue progress bars and gives me the error...
STOP Registry File Error
Reg Root\System32\config\SOFTWARE
Im further confused in that I have had 2 PC's in the space of a few days with the same problem, these are public access PC's in a Library but they should be protected by Deep Freeze, another thing that is odd is the file size of the System file and System.alt file as they are both 4128768 and yet the system.bak file that I found in winnt\repair is only 27402244 which makes me think some runaway process has caused the problem and the file is too large to load.
If anyone has the slightest idea what I'm talking about I would really appreciate any ideas.

 

[Ken Simmons [MSFT]]

Hi Barry,

In looking at the system of the system hive, it is not too big to load. I
would be more concerned if it was 12MB. Have you installed any new
applications or more specifically added new hardware recently that could be
corrupting the system hive? Any unexpected shutdowns? I would also
review security on the boxes since they are in a public place.

Regards,

Ken Simmons

Microsoft Technical Support for Platforms and Business Applications

I'm trying to get arround a problem with a PC that won't boot and has the error message...
Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEMced
I have tried renaming "system" to "system.old" and "system.alt" to

"systemalt.old" then I tried copying from winnt\repair\ the system file to
winnt\system32\config but no file exists in winnt\repair called "system" so
obviously I cant get arround the problem using the official Microsoft
solution.

The strange thing is that there is a file in the winnt\repair directory

called "system.bak", when I try naming that to "system" and copying it into
the winnt\system32\config directory I at least get a little further in that
the machine boots and then blue screens after the win2000 logo screen has
finished running the blue progress bars and gives me the error...

STOP Registry File Error
Reg Root\System32\config\SOFTWARE
Im further confused in that I have had 2 PC's in the space of a few days

with the same problem, these are public access PC's in a Library but they
should be protected by Deep Freeze, another thing that is odd is the file
size of the System file and System.alt file as they are both 4128768 and yet
the system.bak file that I found in winnt\repair is only 27402244 which
makes me think some runaway process has caused the problem and the file is
too large to load.