Config Inferno

[Don Graffiti]

Hi everybody,

I am using Windows XP Home. A peculiar issue arose few minutes ago, so I
beg for a quick reply. I had to switch a monitor, so I shutdown XP as
usual from the start menu. After rebooting with the new screen, I received
an error message saying:
File corrupt:
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

I had never heard of such a file. I guess it shouldn't be an important one
either. Yet somehow it got broken. I tried to use the repair function of
the Windows CD but that didn't help, since it only puts you on a command
prompt.
How can I correct this problem? There has been many "forced" shutdowns
such as power failures, but nothing had happened. I looked in the cd but
couldn't find that file. It doesn't even has an extension! What shall I do?

Thanks for your help!

[randwulf57]

Don Graffitti:
How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry That Prevents Windows XP from
Starting
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545&Product=winxp
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randwulf57

"Don Graffiti" > wrote in message
s.com...
> Hi everybody,
>
> I am using Windows XP Home. A peculiar issue arose few minutes ago, so I
> beg for a quick reply. I had to switch a monitor, so I shutdown XP as
> usual from the start menu. After rebooting with the new screen, I received
> an error message saying:
> File corrupt:
> \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
>
> I had never heard of such a file. I guess it shouldn't be an important one
> either. Yet somehow it got broken. I tried to use the repair function of
> the Windows CD but that didn't help, since it only puts you on a command
> prompt.
> How can I correct this problem? There has been many "forced" shutdowns
> such as power failures, but nothing had happened. I looked in the cd but
> couldn't find that file. It doesn't even has an extension! What shall I
do?
>
> Thanks for your help!