Cannot Get onto Windows "the following file is missing or corrupt?"
Well here the problem
My brother was using my laptop the other day and pulled out his mobile phone connector resulting in the pc freezing. He hard resarted it and now my laptop is stuck in and endless reboot. I cannot get onto any safe mode or normal windows
When I click the "Last Know Good Configeration" choice I get the error message
"windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt \windows\system32\config\system"
It says I can attempt to repair this file using this file by starting the Windows Setup using the original CD-Rom.
I found this solution on the microsoft website
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545
The problem is I don't have a original CD-ROM becuase my system restores on the hard drive. I have tried doing this using the Compaq recovery tool but have had no luck. There are other advanced options I could use on the compaq recovery but they would result in me loosing the data.
Does anyone know if it is possible to download the files to make my own Windows Setup CD-Rom and burn it to disk from my main computer?
Anyone have any ideas?
Any help much appriciated
edit: The model is a Compaq Presario 3000 and it runs Windows XP media centre edition 2005
My brother was using my laptop the other day and pulled out his mobile phone connector resulting in the pc freezing. He hard resarted it and now my laptop is stuck in and endless reboot. I cannot get onto any safe mode or normal windows
When I click the "Last Know Good Configeration" choice I get the error message
"windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt \windows\system32\config\system"
It says I can attempt to repair this file using this file by starting the Windows Setup using the original CD-Rom.
I found this solution on the microsoft website
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545
The problem is I don't have a original CD-ROM becuase my system restores on the hard drive. I have tried doing this using the Compaq recovery tool but have had no luck. There are other advanced options I could use on the compaq recovery but they would result in me loosing the data.
Does anyone know if it is possible to download the files to make my own Windows Setup CD-Rom and burn it to disk from my main computer?
Anyone have any ideas?
Any help much appriciated
edit: The model is a Compaq Presario 3000 and it runs Windows XP media centre edition 2005
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If you can borrow a Windows XP installation CD, there are repair operations we can try with your existing, broken Windows installation on your laptop.
Repair Windows XP in Eight Commands - this has saved many, many of us from having to perform complete re-installations. It worked perfectly for me with a desktop that had nearly the identical problem you have described.
edit: I read here that I can make my own installation disc using files found on the PC I'm on now (Windows XP Home Edition). Could I use a Home Edition Disc to repair my Media Centre Addition?
How can you make a CD from the files on your hard drive if you cannot boot into Windows?
To do the 8 step repair linked above any XP disk will do.
Could anyone confirm or deny this please, I don't want to make the problem any worse and mess up my genuine windows xp
He reccomended buying this recovery disc "System Recovery Kit for C300EA Notebook XP Home - SP2 english" from HP
That would be the case if you end up needing to do a repair install and use your existing key, but we're only talking about using the recovery console.
Hey, I'm not being condescending, I just want to make sure you understand. Do you understand that at this stage we are not asking you to reinstall Windows?
Andy, we just want to repair your Windows, not to reinstall it. Are you with us?
Ok I've borrowed a windows xp installation disc and I've followed the eight step method but I get this message once I have pressed "r" on the setup.
I've used the PheonixBIOS setup utility to do a primary hard disk self test by pressing F10. The results are as follows
Anyone have any ideas of where to go from here?
edit: a friend has told me that there is a site where I can buy HP/Compaq recovery discs. Do I really need to fork out £30 quid to do this? I don't mind paying if I have to but I don't want to waste it
I've tried contacting HP about the problem and they have told me to
- Remove and Resit the Hard Drive
- Reset Bios
- and Perform a Non-Destructive Recovery
I have done this and the problem still persistsI contacted HP again about the problem and they have told me to to perform a Destructive recovery.
Before I did this though I was woundering if I could recover any of my files from my hard drive? Is this possible, how can I do this?
I'm only really concerned about my work documents but it would be nice to be able to get my other files from the hard drive as well.
Do you have more than one partition on your hard drive? If I am correct, when you perform the "destructive recover" that should only be on the C:\ partition.
How would I go about installing the hard drive onto my working PC, it wouldn't effect this PC would it?
Would I need to buy any equipment to allow me to connect the hard drive to my PC?
edit: Like this?