\windows\system32\config\system problems...

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Ok... on a Dell with XP, when you get the boot error missing or corrupted file \windows\system32\config\system and you haven't backed up your system in a while and can't afford to lose all your data... there has to be a way to download the corrupted file and load it back on through bios so you don't have to reinstall the system and lose data, right?
~PLEASE help me: Beth

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

Try here:

"How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry That Prevents Windows XP from
Starting"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q307545

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| Ok... on a Dell with XP, when you get the boot error missing or corrupted
file \windows\system32\config\system and you haven't backed up your system
in a while and can't afford to lose all your data... there has to be a way
to download the corrupted file and load it back on through bios so you don't
have to reinstall the system and lose data, right?
| ~PLEASE help me: Beth

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

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

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| Ok... on a Dell with XP, when you get the boot error missing or corrupted file
\windows\system32\config\system and you haven't backed up your system in a while and can't afford to lose all
your data... there has to be a way to download the corrupted file and load it back on through bios so you
don't have to reinstall the system and lose data, right?
| ~PLEASE help me: Beth

 

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

The precise recovery steps are here:

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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Ok... on a Dell with XP, when you get the boot error missing or

corrupted file \windows\system32\config\system and you haven't backed
up your system in a while and can't afford to lose all your data...
there has to be a way to download the corrupted file and load it back
on through bios so you don't have to reinstall the system and lose
data, right?