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| Thread ID: 43831 | 2004-03-28 07:12:00 | Xp wont start - Windows\System32\config\system is corrupt | agent_24 (4330) | Press F1 |
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| 225637 | 2004-03-29 03:58:00 | Thanx JJJJJ He said it worked fine. Running a bit slow but will allow him to get his files off and do a complete reinstall |
paulw (1826) | ||
| 225638 | 2005-08-29 22:07:00 | Well this just happened to me as well and in trying to resolve it I tried safe mode with command line, the Microsoft article method, the recovery console and various recovery disks all to no avail. Windows really sucks (yes I know you probably knew this already) as I'd only just reinstalled from a previous crash, albiet not the same type as this. I'll have a look at SpinRite as I have a copy somewhere but Fedora Core 4 is starting to look very appealing. | Twelvevolts (5457) | ||
| 225639 | 2005-08-29 22:54:00 | Very funny this thread comes up because Ive had this same issue twice in the past fortnight (Two different PC's), and Im going to take a look at a friends laptop today which also has apparently the same error?! Any idea what causes it? |
Chilling_Silence (9) | ||
| 225640 | 2005-08-30 03:13:00 | Chill, this problem is caused by a damaged registry The following will fix it I've had to repair this problem many times Last time was an hour ago in fact!! Make sure the system is booting form CD Insert XP CD Select Repair Enter 1 for which installation yopu want to repair (assumming XP is installed to root of C drive) Change to the c:\Windows folder Change to System32 folder by typing "cd system32\config" (no quotes) Press enter Type "dir system" (no quotes) Press enter Type "ren system systembak" (no quotes) Press enter Type "dir" (no qoutes) You should now see a file named systembak and no file named system Type "copy c:\windows\repair\system" (no quotes) Press enter You should get a message "One file copied" Type "exit" (no quotes)to reboot Some apps my act strangely aftyer this restore and need installed But it will allow you to backup data and turn off system restore to mdelet old restore points and create new ones Depending on how the system is setup all may be ok and nothing else will need done |
bartsdadhomer (80) | ||
| 225641 | 2005-08-30 10:56:00 | Cool - I thought I'd tried that previously but left a gap between system and bak. That moved me on to the next corruption - there may be a way to go it seems. Don't ya just love windows. | Twelvevolts (5457) | ||
| 225642 | 2005-08-30 11:10:00 | Yes don't leave a gap, you can rename to system.bak (note the .) actually you can rename it to anything you like. Depending on the corrupt file the same process applies if the file is 'system' , 'software' or 'security' These are the most common 3 that this error will occur on You can write a wee batch file to run if you like, saves a lot of command line stuff |
bartsdadhomer (80) | ||
| 225643 | 2005-08-30 11:18:00 | Well now I have a system32/drivers/ntfs.sys missing or corrupt message and the steps described at support.microsoft.com don't seem to work. Any ideas? | Twelvevolts (5457) | ||
| 225644 | 2005-08-30 11:24:00 | I think you answer lies here... (win-xp-sp.blogspot.com) | Myth (110) | ||
| 225645 | 2005-08-31 09:49:00 | Nope that didn't work but after a few more "fixes" I ended up back at the windows\System32\config\system error and now it won't respond to the fix outlined in this thread. Looks like fixing Windows corruptions is beyond mere mortals although I'm not beaten yet. Any other thoughts anyone - I'll try anything as my preference is still to restore the computer rather than reinstall, although no dopubt by tomorrow I'll give up and start again. | Twelvevolts (5457) | ||
| 225646 | 2005-08-31 10:10:00 | Edit: shoulda read previous post | Myth (110) | ||
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