T
Thomas Charles
Hi,
What is the permanent fix for
"Windows Could Not Start Because the Following File Is Missing or
Corrupt: \Winnt\System32\Config\System"
error
I followed the instructions in
269075 article to copy my default system file
That enabled me to boot up but each time I shutdown and reboot I get
the same message.
So the question is what is the permanent fix?
I tried the other instructions on the same page, all the stuff about
backing up SHARES.NEW and SHARES.OLD etc.
But some of the steps weren't too clear. For example
6. On the Registry menu, click Load Hive.
7. In the list of files, click the System.old file, and then click
Open
Which System.old file is he referring to?
The one that I backed up when I did the initial fix for the problem?
Because when you click "Load Hive" the directory dialogue box that is
displayed is not C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG and so doesn't have this
file in the list
I went ahead and CD'ed to C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG and clicked on the
system.old I had created.
Also, the last two steps didn't make sense
....
19. At the command prompt, type the following lines, pressing ENTER
after you type each line:
ren system system.org
ren system.old system
20. At the command prompt, type exit, and then press ENTER to restart
the compute
....
At the command prompt the directory is C:\WINNT and there is no file
called system, only a directory
When I went into C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG and typed in these commands
and rebooted, I still got the same error so I had to recopy the system
file from C:\WINNT\REPAIR
If anyone can provide me with a permanent fix I'd appreciate it
I tried creating a recovery disk and then restoring from the RegBack
directory as suggested in the same article, to no avail.
What is the permanent fix for
"Windows Could Not Start Because the Following File Is Missing or
Corrupt: \Winnt\System32\Config\System"
error
I followed the instructions in
269075 article to copy my default system file
That enabled me to boot up but each time I shutdown and reboot I get
the same message.
So the question is what is the permanent fix?
I tried the other instructions on the same page, all the stuff about
backing up SHARES.NEW and SHARES.OLD etc.
But some of the steps weren't too clear. For example
6. On the Registry menu, click Load Hive.
7. In the list of files, click the System.old file, and then click
Open
Which System.old file is he referring to?
The one that I backed up when I did the initial fix for the problem?
Because when you click "Load Hive" the directory dialogue box that is
displayed is not C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG and so doesn't have this
file in the list
I went ahead and CD'ed to C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG and clicked on the
system.old I had created.
Also, the last two steps didn't make sense
....
19. At the command prompt, type the following lines, pressing ENTER
after you type each line:
ren system system.org
ren system.old system
20. At the command prompt, type exit, and then press ENTER to restart
the compute
....
At the command prompt the directory is C:\WINNT and there is no file
called system, only a directory
When I went into C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG and typed in these commands
and rebooted, I still got the same error so I had to recopy the system
file from C:\WINNT\REPAIR
If anyone can provide me with a permanent fix I'd appreciate it
I tried creating a recovery disk and then restoring from the RegBack
directory as suggested in the same article, to no avail.