Re: Please help!! XP home edition crash!!

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From: Jym (not_at_home.com)
Date: 07/24/04 

Date: Sat, 24 Jul 2004 15:41:38 -0700

Maybe borrowing a XP disk that has repair console included may work. Jym

"vinnygrayhound" <vinnygrayhound@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:95EAFE1F-3A3C-4ED8-BA87-D0D9A11E3C9A@microsoft.com...
> I've just turned on my computer to find it wont start and it seems I've
corrupted the registry. This is the error I'm getting at boot up:
>
> "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
>
> \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
>
> You can attempt to repair this file by starting the Windows Setup using
the original Setup CD-ROM.
> Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair."
>
> I have been searching the Knowledge base and have found that I need to be
using the Recovery Console to try to fis this problem but the XP h.e disks
are have are supplied by HP thus I cannot access r at the startup screen and
have only one choice but to format c:!! I have no floppy drive on my
computer just a cd drive. The following link seems to be close to what I
need but the link on the page is broken!:
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q310994.
>
> I seem to need to use a PXE boot method as I have only a cd drive!!!
can anyone please help me with this awful problem??? I have so much work on
my computer and i cannot face formatting my c: drive as I am a student and
dont want to lose that 8000 word essay i had ready for next year!! please
someone help me!
> --
> vinny

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