Intermittent booting problem

[Guest]

For several weeks, every few reboots of my computer, Windows halts booting,
with an error message, including the following:

"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\Windows\System32\Config\system"

This error will not go away until I reboot from the Windows installation CD
and use the recovery console. However, even if I do nothing but simply exit
from the recovery console, Windows and all my applications will operate
normally, and I can usually reboot a few times before I get the error again.

Several web searches, including on this forum, lead me to this article:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545

I thought the instructions implied a situation in which Windows cannot be
booted normally. In my case, I could, so I tried restoring my registry to a
restore point a few days before the first time I saw the problem. After about
two days, however, the problem came back.

I also noticed that Kaspersky Anti-Virus, following a complete system scan,
reported that it could not scan one file because the file was corrupt.
Frustratingly, it did not identify the file. Also, I ran "CHKDSK /r" from the
recovery console, and it reported that my hard drive had unrecoverable
errors, but didn't offer further details. I've tried the Windows graphic
scandisk, which reported no errors, and a hardware diagnostic from the hard
drive manufacturer, which also reported no physical problems with my hard
drive.

I'm at a loss how to proceed.

 

[Pegasus \(MVP\)]

For several weeks, every few reboots of my computer, Windows halts
booting,
with an error message, including the following:

"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\Windows\System32\Config\system"

This error will not go away until I reboot from the Windows installation
CD
and use the recovery console. However, even if I do nothing but simply
exit
from the recovery console, Windows and all my applications will operate
normally, and I can usually reboot a few times before I get the error
again.

Several web searches, including on this forum, lead me to this article:

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545

I thought the instructions implied a situation in which Windows cannot be
booted normally. In my case, I could, so I tried restoring my registry to
a
restore point a few days before the first time I saw the problem. After
about
two days, however, the problem came back.

I also noticed that Kaspersky Anti-Virus, following a complete system
scan,
reported that it could not scan one file because the file was corrupt.
Frustratingly, it did not identify the file. Also, I ran "CHKDSK /r" from
the
recovery console, and it reported that my hard drive had unrecoverable
errors, but didn't offer further details. I've tried the Windows graphic
scandisk, which reported no errors, and a hardware diagnostic from the
hard
drive manufacturer, which also reported no physical problems with my hard
drive.

I'm at a loss how to proceed.

What happens in these situations when you try to boot the
PC off a floppy boot disk? Here is how you can make one:
- Format a floppy disk.
- Copy these hidden files from C:\ to A:\ -
c:\ntldr
c:\ntdetect.com
c:\boot.ini

 

[Guest]

since it appears the
issue focus's on the
registry, then it may
either be corrupted,
inflated and or fragmented.

you can download
pagedefrag by sysinternals
from microsoft.com

then set it to run at each
boot. when it does it will
defrag your registry hive before
the desktop loads.

another thing that would
not hurt for you to try is
microsoft's one care.

although it is a system, the
options to tune up the
disk and the registry can
be selected:

http://onecare.live.com/site/en-US/article/registry_cleaner_why.htm


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[Gerry]

Brian

How to troubleshoot registry corruption issues
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822705

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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
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[Gerry]

http://aumha.net/viewtopic.php?t=28099


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Hope this helps.

Gerry
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FCA
Stourport, England
Enquire, plan and execute
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