Boot up problem: System file deleted?

[Guest]

Am having a problem starting pc...i get a message saying that a system file
may be corrupted or deleted and i cannot boot properly. All was fine last
night with pc til that msg showed up this morning when i turned on & i could
not get into computer. I in some way (dont ask me how) used my xp cd rom to
boot(i fink?) & here i am. Anyways i am asking if anyone knows how i can
restore or copy back original system files? Would i need to re-install xp
again? - And if so, how do i go about it. Thanks & i hope someone out there
can help me asap. - And i am also getting a msg about "virtual memory" when i
*try to shut down. *Try meaning i cant shut down. ((PLEASE LEAVE MSG HERE OR
EMAIL ME: (e-mail address removed)))

 

[Nick Blinow]

Boot up with your XP CD and select the REPAIR intallation option.
HTH

 

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Does the error message you are seeing match the ones described here?

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry [Q307545]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

 

[Tim]

Am having a problem starting pc...i get a message saying that a system
file may be corrupted or deleted and i cannot boot properly. All was fine
last
night with pc til that msg showed up this morning when i turned on & i
could not get into computer. I in some way (dont ask me how) used my xp cd
rom to boot(i fink?) & here i am. Anyways i am asking if anyone knows how
i can restore or copy back original system files? Would i need to
re-install xp again? - And if so, how do i go about it. Thanks & i hope
someone out there can help me asap. - And i am also getting a msg about
"virtual memory" when i *try to shut down. *Try meaning i cant shut down.
((PLEASE LEAVE MSG HERE OR EMAIL ME: (e-mail address removed)))

Virtual memory is memory (data-information) that is written to the hard-disk
drive temporarily as your system gets near what it feels is the limit of
what it can use in random access memory (RAM). It is a cache for data and
registry keys. My mother's Windows 2000 system used to get this message a
lot as she worked on her family photographs. You can change the amount of
hard-disk drive space that you think the operating system is requesting
(for virtual memory) by a menu in right-clicking My Computer. Please, look
around there as I'm not on a Windows machine at the moment. The Windows
size on install is 384 mb typically; however, this changes sometimes, and
changes occur sometime depending on the amount of installed RAM. Raise the
standard amount of RAM's number incrementally until you have no more
problems. You will have to reboot each time you raise the amount, so,
perhaps, the process will try your patience. The other action is to find
out exactly what kind of RAM is in your compter and purchase more of the
RAM, and then install or have someone install for you some more of the RAM.