XP Pro Installation Problem

[Guest]

I was reinstalling XP PRO and it had an error during the setup and couldn't
finish. Now when I try to load windows I get the error message:'windows could
not start because windows\system32\config\system is missing or corrupt'
when i try to use the 'r' command at the setup screen to repair, nothing
happens and i get this message:'setup could not locate the windows
installation you want to upgrade. Contact your system administrator. What
should I do???

 

[Bruce Chambers]

I was reinstalling XP PRO and it had an error during the setup and
couldn't finish. Now when I try to load windows I get the error
message:'windows could not start because
windows\system32\config\system is missing or corrupt'
when i try to use the 'r' command at the setup screen to repair,
nothing happens and i get this message:'setup could not locate the
windows installation you want to upgrade. Contact your system
administrator. What should I do???

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

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Bruce Chambers

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