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Need help lads!!

  • 27-06-2003 4:19pm
    #1
    Kavs
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 293 ✭✭


    Well where do i start!!
    K ,My machine runs XP on an 80GB(NTFS) Drive using the SATA converter supplied wit new motherboard(ABIT NF7-S) ,everything was going fine until I powered it up about an hour ago.
    For no apparent reason its now telling me the following

    " Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt
    \windows\system32\config\system

    You can attempt to repair this file by starting windows setup using the original setup CD-Rom
    Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair"

    Now this is the second time this has happened in two months and i can't for the life of me figure it out! Last time I had to fire up an old 10gb drive install win98,then convert to NTFS and then install XP so i could see my files on the 80GB and then backup all critical files to the 10GB. Then I put a fresh install of XP back onto the 80GB and everything was sweet till today!!!

    First question I have is how do u make an XP Boot disk???

    Second ceist:How can I start "windows setup from the original setup CD-Rom" when it tells me that this program can only be run from Windows,,(Kinda impossible at the moment!!)If i could get this to run maybe it will be able to repair the file in question!

    Im using a friends laptop at the moment
    so if anybody has come across this before maybe u might have some advice:confused:
    Any help would b much appreciated,I'll check back 2nite if I still have any hair left!
    Cheers:)


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  • #2
    hostyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭hostyle


    First question I have is how do u make an XP Boot disk???

    Next time try using google first. First hit searching for "Xp boot disk" brought me to here
    How can I start "windows setup from the original setup CD-Rom"

    If you can boot from CD-ROM (most modern PCs can do it, but you may have to edit boot order in your BIOS), turn on your PC, insert XP installation CD-ROM, restart the PC.

    Failing that use the XP boot disks to boot and then repair using your CD-ROM.

    One caveat: I have never, ever managed to Repair Windows 2000 using the any of the Repair optons from the CD-ROM. It just fails every time and I ended up re-installing from scratch (or when I was smart from the ghosted image I had already prepared). I have never even installed XP.


  • #3
    hostyle
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,268 ✭✭✭hostyle


    Well done to the thread starter for having two copies of this thread and to me for not noticing.


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