Please help!! XP home edition crash!!

[Guest]

I've just turned on my computer to find it wont start and it seems I've corrupted the registry. This is the error I'm getting at boot up:

"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:

\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

You can attempt to repair this file by starting the Windows Setup using the original Setup CD-ROM.
Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair."

I have been searching the Knowledge base and have found that I need to be using the Recovery Console to try to fis this problem but the XP h.e disks are have are supplied by HP thus I cannot access r at the startup screen and have only one choice but to format c:!! I have no floppy drive on my computer just a cd drive. The following link seems to be close to what I need but the link on the page is broken!:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q310994.

I seem to need to use a PXE boot method as I have only a cd drive!!! can anyone please help me with this awful problem??? I have so much work on my computer and i cannot face formatting my c: drive as I am a student and dont want to lose that 8000 word essay i had ready for next year!! please someone help me!

 

[Jym]

Maybe borrowing a XP disk that has repair console included may work. Jym

I've just turned on my computer to find it wont start and it seems I've

corrupted the registry. This is the error I'm getting at boot up:

"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:

\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

You can attempt to repair this file by starting the Windows Setup using the original Setup CD-ROM.
Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair."

I have been searching the Knowledge base and have found that I need to be

using the Recovery Console to try to fis this problem but the XP h.e disks
are have are supplied by HP thus I cannot access r at the startup screen and
have only one choice but to format c:!! I have no floppy drive on my
computer just a cd drive. The following link seems to be close to what I
need but the link on the page is broken!:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q310994.

I seem to need to use a PXE boot method as I have only a cd drive!!!

can anyone please help me with this awful problem??? I have so much work on
my computer and i cannot face formatting my c: drive as I am a student and
dont want to lose that 8000 word essay i had ready for next year!! please
someone help me!

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

HP Pavilion computers have a hidden partition which contains the files necessary
to restore your PC to its original factory condition. Please read and follow these
instructions carefully:

HP Pavilion Desktop PCs - Performing a Full System Recovery in Microsoft Windows XP
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/famiDocument?product=12455&cc=us&lc=en&dlc=en&docname=bph07145

Note: HP offers both a "destructive" and "non-destructive" method....use the
"non-destructive" method first. Read the section titled:

"Recovering the system without using Windows"

Note: You must return your HP computer to the exact same hardware configuration
as it was originally. Disconnect all peripheral hardware devices except for the monitor,
keyboard and mouse.

HP Instant Support Professional Edition
http://instantsupport.hp.com/euserv/jsp/hpinstantsupport.jsp

Obtaining HP PC Recovery CDs
http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/famiDocument?product=12455&dlc=en&lc=en&cc=us&docname=bph07143

--
Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User

Be Smart! Protect your PC!
http://www.microsoft.com/security/protect/

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| I've just turned on my computer to find it wont start and it seems I've corrupted the registry. This is the
error I'm getting at boot up:
|
| "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
|
| \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
|
| You can attempt to repair this file by starting the Windows Setup using the original Setup CD-ROM.
| Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair."
|
| I have been searching the Knowledge base and have found that I need to be using the Recovery Console to try
to fis this problem but the XP h.e disks are have are supplied by HP thus I cannot access r at the startup
screen and have only one choice but to format c:!! I have no floppy drive on my computer just a cd drive.
The following link seems to be close to what I need but the link on the page is broken!:
|
| http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q310994.
|
| I seem to need to use a PXE boot method as I have only a cd drive!!! can anyone please help me with this
awful problem??? I have so much work on my computer and i cannot face formatting my c: drive as I am a
student and dont want to lose that 8000 word essay i had ready for next year!! please someone help me!
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| vinny