Carson said:
My windows xp home installation keeps becoming corrupted:
file missing or corrupt: c:\windows\system32\config\system.
I have clean installed XP many times but it always comes
back to this error after a few days. I have not installed
any new software or hardware. It worked for about a year
before this error satrted comming up. I have tried that
Microsoft KB article about Corrupted registries and it
only fixed it for a few days before it died again.
Hello!
there are two ways:-
1st method:- [does not work always]
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When you are booting your system, press the F8 key during the start of the
bootup sequence, meaning after it does the Power On Self Test.
Once you press the F8 key, you will be taken to a Menu. Select "Boot Using
Last Known Good Configuration".
It will now attempt to load Windows XP using a past set of configuration
files. But it does not always work
2nd method:-
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Boot your system with the Windows XP Install CD, let the system boot into
the Setup. Once in the Setup, choose to run the Recovery Console.
You will now be presented with a screen similar to good old DOS.
First, we will recover the System Hive.
Now, type in the following commands with pressing Enter after each line.
md tmp
copy C:\windows\system32\config\system C:\windows\tmp\system.bak
delete C:\windows\system32\config\system
copy C:\windows\repair\system C:\windows\system32\config\system
Be very careful when you are typing in these commands, one wrong move, and
you know, broken Windows XP.
Also, change the C in the commands to whatever your Windows XP drive letter
is.
Attempt to boot the system, if it doesn't boot, get back into the Recovery
Console and do the following commands.
md tmp
copy C:\windows\system32\config\software C:\windows\tmp\software.bak
delete C:\windows\system32\config\software
copy C:\windows\repair\software C:\windows\system32\config\software
Ref:-http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545
with regards/
ssg/pronetworks.org
