Dan said:
I have a tosh laptop that when booting up comes up with
this error message:
windows 2000 could not start because the followinf file
is missing or corrupt: \winnt\system32\config\system
I have trieed repairing the install but to no avail.
Does anyone have any ideas without having to do a full
reinstall
Hi
Some steps you can try:
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Windows 2000 Registry Repair Utility
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...01-2C68-4DE8-9229-CA494362419C&displaylang=en
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Overview
Registry Corruption in Windows 2000 can prevent your system from
booting. The Windows 2000 Registry Repair Utility is a tool that
can help to recover a Windows 2000 system from registry corruption.
This utility can be downloaded on to floppy disks and then run on
the system with the corrupted registry. Six floppy disks are required
for downloading this utility. The utility will attempt to repair
the corrupted registry and allow your machine to boot again.
Note Depending on the type of registry corruption that has occurred,
running this utility could result in some data loss from the registry.
Also, this utility may be unable to repair some types of registry
corruptions.
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If that doesn't work out, try this:
When you start your computer, press F8 repeatedly. You should boot
into the Windows 2000 Advanced Options menu.
Choose "Last Known Good Configuration"
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If that doesn't work out, try to rename/replace the registry hive
from the Recovery Console:
Description of the Windows 2000 Recovery Console
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=229716
and
http://groups.google.com/groups?selm=#[email protected]
and
How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry That Prevents Windows XP
from Starting (relevant for Windows 2000 as well)
support.microsoft.com/?id=307545
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If that doesn't work out, try to do a repair install:
How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=292175
What an In-Place Windows 2000 Upgrade Changes and What It Does Not Change
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=306952
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If that doesn't work out, you might consider a format/reinstall.
If you have valuable data you need to rescue first, e.g. move the
hard disk over to a working system and copy out the data.
You might need this one in that case (applies to Win2k as well):
HOW TO: Take Ownership of a File or Folder in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308421