A
Alvin
This computer problem has me completely stumped. I booted up my PC
today, and I received the message,
"Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or
corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM"
I thought, no problem, I'll just get out my Windows XP install CD, and
use the recovery option. So I changed my BIOS to boot from the cd,
and selected R for recovery. THe next thing the screen is choose the
windows session that you want to login to:
1:c:\windows
I only have one partion with a single install. I typed 1 and pressed
Enter. THen nothing. The screen freezes. I let it set for 30
minutes, and nothing else happens. I even selected the option to just
reinstall XP, and it will say "checking for previous versions of
windows". And nothing else happens. I let the screen sit for 30
minutes. SO I can't even reinstall Windows because there is a
previous version. Is there any way I can just get to the DOS prompt
and wipe everything out? The only other option I know of is to buy a
new hard drive. This is nuts. Please help.
today, and I received the message,
"Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or
corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM"
I thought, no problem, I'll just get out my Windows XP install CD, and
use the recovery option. So I changed my BIOS to boot from the cd,
and selected R for recovery. THe next thing the screen is choose the
windows session that you want to login to:
1:c:\windows
I only have one partion with a single install. I typed 1 and pressed
Enter. THen nothing. The screen freezes. I let it set for 30
minutes, and nothing else happens. I even selected the option to just
reinstall XP, and it will say "checking for previous versions of
windows". And nothing else happens. I let the screen sit for 30
minutes. SO I can't even reinstall Windows because there is a
previous version. Is there any way I can just get to the DOS prompt
and wipe everything out? The only other option I know of is to buy a
new hard drive. This is nuts. Please help.