Windows Cannot Start File Missing or Corrupt

[Andrew]

I just reinstalled XP home and have in the last 3 days had to recover user
the recovery console because Windows couldn't start (File missing or corrupt
Windows\System32\Config). I have reinstalled on a new hard drive due to
problems experienced in the past so I am confident that the drive is OK, in
fact I am fairly confident that all the hardware is OK as I never had a
single problem with Windows ME installed. My latest XP instal seems to
shutdown very very fast; could this be too fast and causing some corruption?

Any ideas would be much appreciated.

Thanks,

Andy

 

[Wesley Vogel]

How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from
starting
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545

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[Andrew]

Thanks for pointing out the MS KB article however my original posts ststaes
that I have recovered my installation; I know want to know if a fast
shutdown could be causing problems.

Thanks,

Andy

 

[Wesley Vogel]

Beats me, Andy. Most people complain about slow shut downs.

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[Andrew]

I wondered if XP could be shutting down software wise before the hardware
(i.e. hard drive) had finished writing. Is this likely I have a RAID 0
configuration.

Thanks,

Andy