Re: XP wont start
From: Rock (rock_at_mail.nospam.net)
Date: 02/03/05
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Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 15:38:47 -0800
bawheid73nospam@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
> Hello everyone
>
> Hopefully someone can help with this problem.Running XP Home
> (OEM),C,D,E partitions (NFTS).
> Restarted yesterday,straight into black screen with various start-up
> options: safe mode etc, last known,start normally...Message; Windows
> could not start because file missing or
> corrupt;\windows\system32\config\system.
> No matter what option I choose, it loops back to the same screen.
> With the OEM disc, I tried a repair install but it hangs at "searching
> for previous installations of Windows".Going down the recovery console
> route it hangs when I select option 1 for the installation to log onto.
> Obviously the OEM disc is not going to solve this problem.Is there any
> way to delete just the C partition so I could reinstall? I understand
> that with fdisk you have to delete the logical partitions first.
> I could reinstall on to a new drive.
> Can I use the old drive as a slave( to get at the data on D and E ) or
> will the fact that it has an active C partition be a problem?
> Any suggestions greatly appreciated
>
Try borrowing someone's retail CD to access the recovery console. Any
CD should work for the recovery console.
Yes you should be able to slave the drive in another NTFS compatible
computer and copy the data you need. Programs will need to be
reinstalled.
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