Missing or Corrupt file

G

Guest

I can not start windows. It says:
winxp/system32/config/system

a file is missing or corrupt.

how can I fix this?
 
T

Tom Porterfield

I can not start windows. It says:
winxp/system32/config/system

a file is missing or corrupt.

how can I fix this?
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Here are some articles that might help:

How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from
starting
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545

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

Rock

Jim said:
I can not start windows. It says:
winxp/system32/config/system

a file is missing or corrupt.

how can I fix this?
Click to expand...

This indicates a problem with the registry. See these links:

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry that Prevents Windows XP from
Starting:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307545

How to Troubleshoot Registry Corruption Issues
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=822705

After you get things sorted out consider doing a regular backup of the
registry using ERUNT. Read the info files with it for how to set it up
to recover if this happens again.

http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
 

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