Missing Or Corrupt: WINDOWSSYSTEM32CONFIGSYSTEM" On Boot Up
Feb 23, 2005
My friend's comp isnt working it gets the following error during boot up
"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
WINDOWSSYSTEM32CONFIGSYSTEM"
I tried the windows support method to recovering from a corrupt registry..after I created a temp folder I entered the first copy line copy c:windowssystem32configsystems c:windows mpsystem.bak...it says that this file does not exist....any help would be greatly appreciated
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Dec 15, 2004
Windows couldnt start because following file is missing or corrupt: WINDOWSSYSTEM32CONFIGSYSTEM. You can attempt to repair file by starting Windows Setup using the original Setup CD-ROM. Select?r? at the first screen to start repair. what do do? takes me to repair consol and then? i tried to fixboot.
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I had problems right out of the gate...after typing out the first command line: tmpsystem.bak and hitting enter, I got the message that said could not find file...so I tried again and was extra diligent with my typing, but the same disappointing message came up.I decided to use some imagination and initiative and, started with the last command line first: tmpdefault.bak This worked for this line and then the next one too: tmpsecurity.bak and so on. When I got back to the tmpsystem.bak line, it even worked for that one too.
Then I moved on to the delete commands and that worked out OK...as far as I could tell?But, when I got to the repair lines and, in particular, the: repairsystem C:windowssystem32configsystem I then got the same message saying that the file could not be found...back to square one.Then I went back to the start...typing out the copy lines, and I got the same message for the system line again. So, I started from the default line again and it worked--I was asked if I wanted to re-write the first file copied and I chose Y (yes) then the same brick wall when I got to the system line.
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