PLEASE HELP, I Restored My eMachines And I Get A System

[huntersrockstardad]

im hoping someone out there will help me out , i run my own internet bussiness and i have been out of bussiness for days now because of computer issues..

first off my emachines computer came with a system restore disk, i run it (symantec Ghost 7.0) and it says sucessfully restored then it will ask me to remove the disks and restart the computer when i do so and windows attemps to load up i get the error message ' windows could not start because the following file is missing or currupt: \WINDOWS\system32\config\SYSTEM .

i am not sure why its not working, the emachines restore disk has windows xp on it it automatically installs it. i cannot get it to start in safe mode,last known config,or start win normally

[profdlp]

The "Shorty" in Short-Media may have a solution for you. (http://www.short-media.com/forum/showpost.php?p=308072&postcount=9)

Your biggest handicap is the cheesy restore discs from emachines. If they didn't give you an actual WinXP disc you may have to borrow one.

Good luck. :)

[huntersrockstardad]

i have downloaded a windows xp disk , ive gotten to the screen where it wants an administrator password to continue could you help me out with finding that? is there any certain thing i should type in ?

[Kwitko]

Have you tried a blank password?

[huntersrockstardad]

i finally got into the console and did all the steps in command prompt i restarted my computer just has microsoft said and on reboot i still got the error message i dont get it

[profdlp]

Try going back into the Recovery Console and trying these commands:

fixboot

fixmbr

Make sure you hit {Enter} after each one.

It's a longshot, but worth the couple of minutes it will take you to try it.

[huntersrockstardad]

that didnt work for me either , i went ahead and took my computer to the shop today the guy is doing something to it to try and fix it