corrupt config\system file

[Guest]

I get this error about every 3 months and end up
reloading my entire drive. Is there a better way that I
can recover from this? I have not been able to get
recovery or resotore to work. What next?

Any help would be appreciated.

Jeff

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

The precise recovery steps are here:

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry that Prevents Windows XP from
Starting
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545

Once you've recovered, you might want to look here, as well:

How to Troubleshoot Registry Corruption Issues
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822705


Bruce Chambers
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