problem in startup, giving error message File missing

[M. Maqbool Khan]

I had shutdown my computer correctly yesterday, but today
when i start it, it gives error that the following file
is missing i.e.c:\windows\system32\config\system and
suggest to repair it by setup cd.

Now when i tried to repair it by using the repair option
from setup cdrom, it do nothing and ask to select the
windows on which i want to logon i.e. 1: c:\windows

when i press 1, it just go on the prompt and show
c:\windows.


how can i rectify the problem because i have only one
partition on my harddrive and the data on it is very
important

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry [Q307545]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"M. Maqbool Khan" > wrote in message
...
> I had shutdown my computer correctly yesterday, but today
> when i start it, it gives error that the following file
> is missing i.e.c:\windows\system32\config\system and
> suggest to repair it by setup cd.
>
> Now when i tried to repair it by using the repair option
> from setup cdrom, it do nothing and ask to select the
> windows on which i want to logon i.e. 1: c:\windows
>
> when i press 1, it just go on the prompt and show
> c:\windows.
>
>
> how can i rectify the problem because i have only one
> partition on my harddrive and the data on it is very
> important