Not able to boot into windows XP Home..

[Guest]

I tried all the boot recover steps, Error: /windows/system32/config/system
file missing or corrupt. Not sure what step I can do next.

 

[Ron Martell]

I tried all the boot recover steps, Error: /windows/system32/config/system
file missing or corrupt. Not sure what step I can do next.

This is a Windows Registry file that is missing or corrupt. If you
cannot start Windows in any mode so as to run System Restore then the
following Microsoft Knowledge Base article describes a procedure that
will work:

How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from
starting.
Microsoft Knowledge Base Article - 307545
http://support.microsoft.com?kbid=307545


Good luck


Ron Martell Duncan B.C. Canada
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Microsoft MVP
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[Bob Harris]

If the fix-registry suggestion, from the previous reply, does not work,
think about a "repair" installation of XP. For this you need a full-retail
XP CD, not an OEM CD. Here are some links about repiring XP:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341



http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/repair_xp.htm



http://www.extremetech.com/print_article/0,3998,a=23979,00.asp

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I tried all the boot recover steps, Error: /windows/system32/config/system
file missing or corrupt. Not sure what step I can do next.

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry that Prevents Windows XP from
Starting
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545

Once you've recovered, you might want to look here, as well:

How to Troubleshoot Registry Corruption Issues
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822705

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[bkc98]

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry that Prevents Windows XP from
Starting
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545

Once you've recovered, you might want to look here, as well:

How to Troubleshoot Registry Corruption Issues
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822705

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Bruce Chambers

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You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having
both at once. - RAH

I had the same problem last night re: the WinXP boot issue 'Error:
windows/system32/config/system file missing or corrupt.'

I read the LONG MS article on how to recover from this issue. Here's
what worked for me: I just tried the first part of the article and
booted into recovery mode, deleted my current
c:\windows\system32\config\system file, then copied over the one from
the XP CD (in the windows\repair directory). I rebooted and XP started
just fine, except I had to do some initial setup things like install
correct video driver and setup NIC properties again.

Note: I didn' spend that much time carefully reading the MS article for
recovering from this type of issue, so I was entirely ready to perform
a clean install if my partial hack didn't work and blew up in my face.
Reasoning: I have all my data on a separate drive (D:\, separate
drive/partition from the system drive), and almost all of that (the
stuff I don't want to lose) is backed up over my network to a separate
drive on my file server.

 

[Guest]

Im get the same message /windows/system32/config/system when trying to boot
up my system and i have tried the registry repair by MS but when i tried to
copy security and default they were not recognised, im pressuming i have been
virused
can anyone help or suggest a repair?. I have an XP disc.

Paul Vella