trying to repair...

[Gordon J. Rattray]

Hi there,

I have a system that malfunctioned and it came up with the error message
"Windows could not start because the following files is missing or corrupt
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM" so I renamed System to System.bak and
copied the Repair\system and now it will boot to the XP black menu where it
says "normal, Safe Mode, etc" so when I continue with any of these options
it goes for awhile then recycles back to the bios and starts again.

Then I tried doing a repair by booting with the XP CD and when it searches
for "previous Windows installation" it can not find it and just gives me
the option to install on the NTFS partition and if I hit OK, then it will
warn me there's an existing Windows folder on that partition. I stopped
there and exited.

What I need to do is have the repair find the existing Windows installation
and repair it from there.... Is there any way to be able to do this?

Thanks,

Gordon

 

[Claymore]

Hi there,

I have a system that malfunctioned and it came up with the error message
"Windows could not start because the following files is missing or corrupt
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM" so I renamed System to System.bak and
copied the Repair\system and now it will boot to the XP black menu where it
says "normal, Safe Mode, etc" so when I continue with any of these options
it goes for awhile then recycles back to the bios and starts again.

Then I tried doing a repair by booting with the XP CD and when it searches
for "previous Windows installation" it can not find it and just gives me
the option to install on the NTFS partition and if I hit OK, then it will
warn me there's an existing Windows folder on that partition. I stopped
there and exited.

What I need to do is have the repair find the existing Windows installation
and repair it from there.... Is there any way to be able to do this?

Thanks,

Gordon

Hello Gordon,

Looks like you shortcutted the process. Follow these (rather
complicated) instructions:

Microsoft KB 307545 - How to recover from a corrupted Registry
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/q307545/

 

[Rock]

Hi there,

I have a system that malfunctioned and it came up with the error message
"Windows could not start because the following files is missing or corrupt
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM" so I renamed System to System.bak and
copied the Repair\system and now it will boot to the XP black menu where
it says "normal, Safe Mode, etc" so when I continue with any of these
options it goes for awhile then recycles back to the bios and starts
again.

Then I tried doing a repair by booting with the XP CD and when it searches
for "previous Windows installation" it can not find it and just gives me
the option to install on the NTFS partition and if I hit OK, then it will
warn me there's an existing Windows folder on that partition. I stopped
there and exited.

What I need to do is have the repair find the existing Windows
installation and repair it from there.... Is there any way to be able to
do this?

You need to go through the complete repair process for this error, not
replace just a single hive. Claymore gave you a link to the article that
has the info on how to resolve this issue.

As to your other question, there is no way to force the windows installer to
see an installation to do a repair. Either it sees it or it doesn't.

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Hi there,

I have a system that malfunctioned and it came up with the error message
"Windows could not start because the following files is missing or
corrupt \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM" so I renamed System to
System.bak and copied the Repair\system and now it will boot to the XP
black menu where it says "normal, Safe Mode, etc" so when I continue
with any of these options it goes for awhile then recycles back to the
bios and starts again.

Then I tried doing a repair by booting with the XP CD and when it
searches for "previous Windows installation" it can not find it and
just gives me the option to install on the NTFS partition and if I hit
OK, then it will warn me there's an existing Windows folder on that
partition. I stopped there and exited.

What I need to do is have the repair find the existing Windows
installation and repair it from there.... Is there any way to be able
to do this?

Thanks,

Gordon

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


--

Bruce Chambers

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