Re: System File Corrupt

From: Mal Osborne (malcolmo_at_silverfern.com.au)
Date: 05/23/04


Date: Sun, 23 May 2004 22:15:40 +0800

This is bad :(

That file is an important part of your system's registry, without it, you
are pretty much dead in the water. This is where a system state backup
would be a real nice thing to have. If you have no bacup of your registry,
then it is time for a reinstall.

Mal Osborne
MCSE MVP Mensa

"Paul" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:10cb201c440ca$9d7d42e0$a101280a@phx.gbl...
> We suffered a storm last night which left my server at a
> DOS prompt this morning, and screen says "\Windows\System32
> \Config\System file is corrupt or damaged" can try repair
> by using 1st disk of SBS and typing "R" at the first
> screen. I tried this "Repair" process but was unable to
> access the Windows directory. I have been backing-up my
> system to another computer but now I need to access the
> directory to effect repairs.
> Anybody have a suggestion here?
> Or maybe there is an easier approch to repair this file.
> Thank You
> Paul



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