more help windows\system32\config\system missing

wtrmn2004wtrmn2004
edited February 2007 in Science & Tech
well now it will boot and is asking me for the CD code....do I continue? I want to save all my Data. sorry read another post that hasnt been updated since 9-2005

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  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited February 2007
    We're going to need a little more background information.

    What happened when the problem started?

    What have you done so far to try and fix it?
  • wtrmn2004wtrmn2004
    edited February 2007
    I had an old comp taht died...i put it in a machine that was covered up w/ viruses/worms/trojans. (pulled the old drive out). when booting I got to the safe mode screen. then gave me the error. I attempted chkdsk /p. now it booted w/ tha disk in the drive now asking for the code. is it formatting and reinstalling??
  • wtrmn2004wtrmn2004
    edited February 2007
    w/o os disk it gives same error
  • wtrmn2004wtrmn2004
    edited February 2007
    yes....same error mess, but now when i run OS it is ready to reformat( I guess) before it was always the win 3.0 options if you understand that..
  • wtrmn2004wtrmn2004
    edited February 2007
    os is serv pk1 2002
  • badeckerbadecker
    edited February 2007
    I have been studying this thread, and I can't try any of the fixes, as I can't restart in safe mode with command promp, or any mode for that matter. Any ideas? If I press any key, I end up back at the original error message. I tried recovery from my CD, to no avail.
  • wtrmn2004wtrmn2004
    edited February 2007
    that is now what is happening to me....grrrr
  • wtrmn2004wtrmn2004
    edited February 2007
    when installing "from my disk" xp home 2002 serv. pack1 I get an error stating that accessor.inf is unavail. it gives me the option to try again or skip. what do I do? I have tried oh.....20 times. I even went and bought a disk cleaner thinking it was a dirty disk. Help!!!

    Let's keep all your problems together in a single thread.

    -Prof
  • wtrmn2004wtrmn2004
    edited February 2007
    this is a different hard drive different issue... I have 2 hard drives the first question was on one that already had xp on it. I gave up on it and have a reformatted hard drive that I replaced it with. it reformatted and now I am stuck on this screen hence second thread. sorry fo not putting it on this thread
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited February 2007
    No problem. :)

    Errors like that during a clean install are generally due to either a faulty disc or faulty hardware. If you are sure the cdrom drive and disc are OK, I'd think it may possibly be a memory problem. There's a lot of data being shuffled around while Windows copies things to the drive to run Setup. Bad RAM could cause the problem you describe.

    Run a pass or two of Memtest-86 to check it out. If it passes, we'll go from there.
  • wtrmn2004wtrmn2004
    edited February 2007
    So it warned me that I wont be able to do anythind if i interrupt the install. will this effect me. also where do I run the above mentioned? on startup? put it on a floppy...sorry little slow. hehehe
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited February 2007
    wtrmn2004 wrote: »
    So it warned me that I wont be able to do anythind if i interrupt the install...
    If it gives you an option to retry copying the file you can give it a shot. I've seen cases where after several attempts it will finally decide to go ahead and do it. If that fails, it would also be worth hitting "skip file" if that is an option. If neither of those work, you don't really have much choice but to abort the installation, do you? :(
    ...where do I run the above mentioned? on startup? put it on a floppy...sorry little slow. hehehe
    Unzip the files and double-click on Install.bat. It will ask you the drive letter of your floppy drive and proceed to make a bootable disk for you. Boot from the floppy and the test will start automatically.

    If you don't have a floppy drive, let me know and I'll point you toward a version you can burn to CD. :)
  • wtrmn2004wtrmn2004
    edited February 2007
    thanks i'll skip it. yep I retried 30 times to no avail. thnx for your help!!! worms/viruses/trojans cant effect memory can it? b/c I went from 512mb ram to 64 before I started this endevor.
  • wtrmn2004wtrmn2004
    edited February 2007
    alright is it a mem prob? I skipped it and as soon as I did acelpdec couldnt either...skipped(esc)....acerscan.inf same prob....skipped.....then another... then everything is giving me the error skipping moves to the next. I think I ruined this install but what could have caused this? can I shut down and try again or will this "lock" me out like it(windows installer) said it would if I did not complete install.
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited February 2007
    wtrmn2004 wrote: »
    alright is it a mem prob? I skipped it and as soon as I did acelpdec couldnt either...skipped(esc)....acerscan.inf same prob....skipped.....then another... then everything is giving me the error skipping moves to the next. I think I ruined this install but what could have caused this? can I shut down and try again or will this "lock" me out like it(windows installer) said it would if I did not complete install.

    Re-read Post #11. :cool:

    Your memory comes into play since it acts as the middle-man in the process. You are having trouble copying files from the CD to the hard drive. It is likely due to one or more of the following:

    1) A bad CD
    2) A bad CD drive or other hardware causing the drive not to be able to copy the files from the CD to the hard drive.
    3) Rotten screwed-up no-good RAM garbling the files while they are being copied.
    4) A bad hard drive. The rest of the file copying process goes fine, but when it comes time to write the files to the drive it can't do it.

    Let's get the RAM issue settled before we move on to other possible causes.

    By the way, is this a sure 'nuff Microsoft shiny hologram-labeled disc you are using?
  • wtrmn2004wtrmn2004
    edited February 2007
    profdlp wrote: »
    Re-read Post #11. :cool:

    Your memory comes into play since it acts as the middle-man in the process. You are having trouble copying files from the CD to the hard drive. It is likely due to one or more of the following:

    1) A bad CD
    2) A bad CD drive or other hardware causing the drive not to be able to copy the files from the CD to the hard drive.
    3) Rotten screwed-up no-good RAM garbling the files while they are being copied.
    4) A bad hard drive. The rest of the file copying process goes fine, but when it comes time to write the files to the drive it can't do it.

    Let's get the RAM issue settled before we move on to other possible causes.

    By the way, is this a sure 'nuff Microsoft shiny hologram-labeled disc you are using?

    yessir Ive used it numerous times(same machine) got the b-u-t-ful green case everything.
  • wtrmn2004wtrmn2004
    edited February 2007
    well it has been running for 3 hrs w/ no errors...how log does this prog take?(memtest-86) sorry, the old lady is impatient...it her comp :)
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited February 2007
    Once you see a number greater than zero in the Pass column you have run the full battery of tests.
  • wtrmn2004wtrmn2004
    edited February 2007
    well 15 pass 0 bad what now?
  • profdlpprofdlp The Holy City Of Westlake, Ohio
    edited February 2007
    Let's check the other possibilities I mentioned in Post #16.

    Is the WinXP CD clean and smudge-free?
    Do you have a different cdrom drive you could try?
    Do you have a spare cable for the cdrom drive you could use?
    What brand and model number is the hard drive?
    What brand and model number is your motherboard?
  • wtrmn2004wtrmn2004
    edited February 2007
    Is the WinXP CD clean and smudge-free? nope, used a 20.00 repair/cleaner on it
    Do you have a different cdrom drive you could try? not w/o taking apart my good PC
    Do you have a spare cable for the cdrom drive you could use? no sir(not that I'm aware of) kinda lost me on this one.
    What brand and model number is the hard drive? maxtor diamondMax plus 8 30 GB ata/133 HDD

    3.5 series sn: E16a21he
    What brand and model number is your motherboard? msi 533 all i could see on the motherboard. how can I scan and show you my user manual specs? new to forums.( like you didnt know this.
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