Re: Message missing or corrupt winxp/system32/config/system
From: Rock (1940_at_pobox.com)
Date: 03/30/04
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Date: Wed, 31 Mar 2004 08:18:58 +1000
Bruce Chambers wrote:
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> "Rock" <1940@pobox.com> wrote in message
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>>Rock wrote:
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>>Well it happened..
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>>I poweerd down, the first time for two days and now I get the black
>>screen and the same message.
>>
>>Should I do the 'r' repair to chnage the registry?
>>
>>Thanks
>
>
>
Well I tried the 'r' method of saving the system and bringing in a new
system, but it still didn't work and still got the ..missing or corrupt
message, soooo.. As you say, one has to get to the bottom of it!
I took out Ram and swapped and used 1 stick of 512 instead of 2.
Unhooked HDs and there was zip left.
The Asus P4S533 board as mentioned in this thread has on board
audio,lan,agp display and modem so there was little I could do to
eliminate them.
I decided I would get another drive the same size and start again to see
what was the culprit.
I reinstalled the same hardware with s/w from the CDs that came with the
mobo, LCD monitor etc., AS I did this I inadvertantly installed an AGP
option in the mobo CD. I then setup XP. I got into XP to install a
couple of progs.. then.
I noticed a black 'smudged pencil like vertical line half way up the
screen and then as I worked some rectangular blank boxes also appeared.
I thought maybe this AGP driver should not have been installed.
I then decided to power down to see if it rebooted. No go...
In POST it came to Display Controller and stayed there for a while
blinking at me then to the same missing or corrupt message as on the
previous disc.
So I knew it had to be the display, either the driver or controller.
I decided to turn off the display in bios which was the only place I
could do this, and install a Geforce 44X 8X PCI card as there was no AGP
slot.
On the first boot after the diplay card insert, made the bios changes
but it still came to the message. Sooo,
I got the XP CD, went to 'r' and did the ren system system.old - copy
repair stuff and sure enough it worked! It came into XP and has been
there o'night with about 10 power downs and up to see if it was water
tight. So far so good altho', I can never trust it now.
I have ghosted the drive and will always do this every two day whilst
also saving all data to another drive, NOT in Doc and Settings etc., as
it goes if XP crashes.
I have another post about how to un-install a hardware driver what is
not in Add Remove.
Thanks for the help.. all.
Rock
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