corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
Here's my situation. I was having some issues with my computer, nothing major, so I put in the xp disc hoping to do a simple recovery.
So I did the "setup xp windows now", and went through the steps till I got to press R to begin the Repair process then finally got about halfway through "installing devices" and I stupidly shut off the computer because it was taking forever.
Now every time I start im getting the infamous...
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\CONFIG\\SYSTEM
I went back in through the XP cd and instead selected Select 'R' at the first screen to start repair. And followed directions from a certain site but it did not work.
Any help?? This really sucks that I turned a minor computer issue into a major problem.
So I did the "setup xp windows now", and went through the steps till I got to press R to begin the Repair process then finally got about halfway through "installing devices" and I stupidly shut off the computer because it was taking forever.
Now every time I start im getting the infamous...
Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\\SYSTEM32\\CONFIG\\SYSTEM
I went back in through the XP cd and instead selected Select 'R' at the first screen to start repair. And followed directions from a certain site but it did not work.
Any help?? This really sucks that I turned a minor computer issue into a major problem.
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Try following this excellant guide to repairing windows in 8 steps by our good buddy Thrax.
http://icrontic.com/articles/repair_windows_xp
I can't run xp repair console now either because all of a sudden it is requring a password. It originally did not require a password until I ran another method I found online to resolve the system32 corruption. What a mess.