missing config\system file

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Bruce Garman

I have xp home edition on Compaq Presario and system will
not boot because \windows\system32\config\system is
missing or corrupt. I tryed recovery console (chkdsc /r)
and process goes to 75% complete then back to 50% then to
74% then back to 50% and eventually hangs up. I also
tryed "knowledge base article" 307545 but process responds
with cannot find config\system file, all the other copy
and delete commands for the other files work. If I
reinstall XP warning comes up saying 'My Documents"
contents may be deleted-- Is this true? Any suggestions
on how to fix problem without losing data. Thanks!
 
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Skip

Try this...Go to START and click RUN, type in cmd
click OK. In the prompt window type sfc /scannow
be sure of the space between sfc / now click the enter
key on your keyboard.Also insert your XP-CD in CD-ROM, it
will look for the missing files there...Good luck.
 

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