Re: 2000 Recovery/Repair? HELP!
From: Kylesb (me_at_privacy.net)
Date: 09/15/04
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Date: Wed, 15 Sep 2004 14:31:38 -0500
"Davidg35" <davidg35@cox.net> wrote in message
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| My 2000 will not load and I get the error message
| "Windows could not start because the following is missing or
corrupt:
| \WINNT\System32\config\system"
| I tried to repair it from the CD by using the "recovery console" but
do not
| know what commands to use on the dos prompt. When I try to use the
"repair"
| option I don't have an emergency repair disk and when I use the
command "L"
| in lieu of it I get the message "Setup cannot find a windows 2000
| installation to repair"
| Anyone have any suggestions on a fix? I can't reload 2000 over
itself
| without destroying my data.
| Thanks,
| David
|
|
I just experienced this malady last week. Can you boot win2k in safe
mode?
Can you boot xp and check the win2k winnt\system32\config\system file
size? If it is too large, win2k (Nt) cannot boot. Also, if this file
gets corrupted a normal boot will fail.
For some odd reason, my "system" file bloated to over 11 meg in size
from it's normal ~4 meg and my system would not boot. This is a known
problem with win2k as at boot time there is only 16 meg of memory
available to the bootloader, and if the system file is too large, the
boot fails.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;151247&Product=win2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;269075&Product=win2000
(this is the error I was seeing)
The system driver setup info is contained in this "system hive" file,
and perhaps other info (just a guess). Drivers that write settings to
the registry may improperly store info in the "system" file. In my
case, I suspect a program or driver went haywire and wrote thousands
of settings to the file bloating its size (I viewed my corrupted
"system" file with a hex viewer and saw page after page of similar
gibberish data).
The Win2k installer will not find a previous install if there are
certain files that are corrupted, and perhaps the "system" file is one
of them. I've seen this phenomenon before.
There is a backup copy of the "system" file that is dropped in
winnt\repair, you might be able to use it, but note that any driver
updates/changes since the win2k install will be lost. In the
winnt\system32\config folder there is a backup of the system file
named "system.alt", which may be renamed to "system" sometimes to fix
the problem (rename the old "system" file to "system.old" first). In
my case, the "alt" file was also corrupt. These steps can be
performed by booting win2k in safe mode or when running XP.
-- Best regards, Kyle
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