missing system file

[Guest]

I booted my computer and got the corrupt/missing system file error. When I
booted to recovery console and into windows repair, there was no sytem file.
There was a system.bak, but no system. How can I repair the installation, or
do I have to do a new install?

 

[John John]

I supopose that you are using the instructions here:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q307545

You can try using the .bak file if no other ones are available, you only
need it to get the machine booted so that you may then again replace the
files with newer ones from the System Volume Information folder.

John