system file corrupted...

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fred

Am looking at a system that just powered off when a CD became lodged in the
drive...on restart the user got the following message
WIndows could not start becuase the following file is missing or corrupt:
c:\windows\system32\config\system

You need to repair this file by starting Windows setup using th eoriginal
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setup cd rom and select 'r' at the first screen to start repair...


Where do I go from there?? I checked the file it reports as corrupted and it
is present ...any ideas would be a big help

Thanks in advance

Rick
 
fred said:
Am looking at a system that just powered off when a CD became lodged
in the drive...on restart the user got the following message

setup cd rom and select 'r' at the first screen to start repair...


Where do I go from there?? I checked the file it reports as corrupted
and it is present ...any ideas would be a big help

Thanks in advance
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Rick

See the following article for the step by step instructions to recover from
registry corruption.

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


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