Re: Missing System32\Config\System . . . but its there!
From: R. C. White (RCWhite_at_msn.com)
Date: 04/29/04
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Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2004 11:23:24 -0500
Hi, Ryan.
Without trying to follow your entire chain of events, I can tell you that
the "Missing System32\Config\System" problem is one of the
most-frequently-asked question in this newsgroup.
The Config folder holds the Registry files for NT-type versions of Windows,
and System is one of those Registry files. If it cannot find its Registry,
or if its Registry is corrupted, Win2K cannot boot.
Maybe the Registry is still good and exactly where it is supposed to be, but
the road map in C:\boot.ini point somewhere else. The boot-up process tries
to follow that road map and finds something that does not look like a
Registry; it doesn't know what to do, so it halts with an error message like
the one you are seeing. The problem might be in C:\boot.ini's pointer,
rather than in the \WinNT folder. This is especially likely since you have
been swapping HDs in and out of different computers.
Perhaps the problem can be solved as easily as configuring the system
physically as you want to run it, then boot from the Win2K CD-ROM and run
the Repair procedure, telling it to only Inspect the Start-up Environment
(or something like that; I haven't run Win2K since WinXP arrived over 2
years ago).
If the simple solution doesn't work, there are several KB articles about
this problem. You might start with this one:
Error Message: Windows 2000 Could Not Start Because the Following File Is
Missing or Corrupt: \Winnt\System32\Config\System
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;319011
RC
-- R. C. White, CPA San Marcos, TX rc@corridor.net Microsoft Windows MVP "Ryan Trevisol" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:5f7a01c42df1$7fc239e0$a501280a@phx.gbl... > Here at the office, there is this computer we use for a > hard disk copy station. It has 2 removeable bays, etc etc. > The hard disk in it, has an installation of Win2000 that's > less than 2 months old. It has all the correct drivers and > was working properly. > > Then my client went to Austria, taking two hard drives > with him, but leaving this one (lets call it "#12"). > Numbers 10 and 11 went to Austria. Those two got scanned > by Airport Security, and possibly had some data corruption > from it, but #12 stayed at home. > > When my client came back, after the computer had been > turned off for two weeks and unplugged, we beilieve, the > hard disk gives us this error: > > Windows cannot start because we cannot find Winnt\System32 > \Config\System. > > So I get HD#10, and put it in the boot slot of the > computer, and put #12 in the slave slot. It booted up of > course, and when I checked out the drive, I found the file > right away! > > Has anyone else had this problem before? I'm anxious to > find the solution.
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