Syskey created.. and floppy went bad.. can't get on my computer!

[x4words]

Windows XP Pro
When I first got my computer, I enabled the "Syskey" option, which
requires a certain floppy disk to be in my computer when it started up
to let it start up. It has always come up to a screen while starting up
that said "This computer has been configured to require a disk to be
present during startup. Please insert the disk and press OK."

For some reason, the computer doesn't recognize my disk, and when I put
it in and click OK, it says "The Startup Key File has been damaged.
Please contact your system administrator"

Is there any way to get around this screen now?
I tried safe mode, but it still comes up..

 

[Mark L. Ferguson]

It's possible you own an old 'system' setup file. This registry was created
and saved during the initial setup of Windows XP
How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry -config-system:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q307545
(You will probably skip step 4)
--
Was this helpful? Then click the Ratings button. Voting helps the web
interface.
http://www.microsoft.com/wn3/locales/help/help_en-us.htm#RateAPostAsAnswer
Mark L. Ferguson
..