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From: Ted Wilson (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 11:30:52 -0700

I cannot start win xp. When I boot I get a message saying
that d:/windows/system32/config/system is corrupted. The
message says that I should repair win xp pressing 'r'
after booting from xp cd. I done so but it goes nowhere
and the drive is making a strange sound. Will I have to
format disk and reinstall xp? Can someone please help?

thanks, ted

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