Missing system file in c:\winnt\repair when trying to restore damaged system hive
- From: amarwick@xxxxxxxxx
- Date: 30 Sep 2005 23:15:15 -0700
Hi all,
I'm working on fixing the following problem with my laptop:
Error Message: Windows Could Not Start Because the Following File Is
Missing or Corrupt: \Winnt\System32\Config\Systemced
KB article:
http://support.microsoft.com/?KBID=269075
I have followed the instructions to a T, which are:
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1. Use the Windows 2000 CD-ROM or the Windows 2000 Startup disk to
start the computer.
2. When you see the "Welcome to Setup" message, press R for "repair."
3. Press C to run the Recovery Console tool.
4. Select the installation that you want to repair.
5. Type the administrator password.
6. At the Recovery Console command prompt, type the following commands,
pressing ENTER after you type each command:
cd system32\config
ren system system.old
ren system.alt systemalt.old
7. If you have run the Emergency Repair Disk Wizard from Windows Backup
and Recovery tools, copy the backup of the System hive from the
%SystemRoot%\Repair\Regback folder.
If you have not run the Emergency Repair Disk Wizard, copy the default
System hive from the %SystemRoot%\Repair folder.
IMPORTANT: You need to restore the most recent copy of the System hive.
You also need to reinstall any hardware device drivers or programs that
run as services that you installed since the last time that you updated
your Emergency Repair Disk.
To copy the default System hive, type the following command, and then
press ENTER:
copy c:\winnt\repair\system c:\winnt\system32\config
To copy the System hive that was backed up the last time that you ran
the Emergency Repair Disk Wizard, type the following command, and then
press ENTER:
copy c:\winnt\repair\regback\system c:\winnt\system32\config
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AT this point, everything fails because there is no copy of the system
file in c:\winnt\repair. And there is no c:\winnt\repair\regback
directory. So basically there is no backup copy of the system hive.
(No, I don't know how this happened either. I have a
firewall/virusscan/adware scan going 24/7).
This is a laptop so I can't just yank out the HDD and put it somewhere
else. I don't care about any of the software on it, but many of my
notes for my MA thesis are in the documents folder and I need a backup.
Question 1: Is there any way to copy the system hive from somewhere
else?
Question 2: If not, can I do a repair install and keep all my
documents? Or will that possibly erase my data?
Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.
A. Marwick
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