WIN XP Prof Boot Error;missing or corrupt file...

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Jacob

I have WIN XP Prof sp1 running on an Intel chip.
I re-booted my notebook and received the following message
at boot time:
"Windows unable to start due to missing or corrupt file
c:\windows\system32\config\system"

The file in the above folder path has no extension it is
named 'system'.

The night before I updated my McAfee Anti-virus patterns
as I do once every couple of weeks. The next day I re-
booted, as one must unfortunately due all too much on the
Win OS and then the above error showed up.

( Those cheap SuSE/Linux boxes at Wal-Mart are looking
more and more attractive )

Any ideals...?
 
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