Missing or Corrupt SYSTEM32 folder

[Lee]

HI was wondering if somebody could shine a bit of light
on my problem, this as happened to me four times now, and
is getting very annoying.

I boot up my machine and an error comes up saying
something like:

cannot boot windows, SYSTEM32 folder is missing or
corrupt,

I keep my antivirus updated and windows,do regular virus
scans, I have Norton antivirus 'autopprotect' turned on,

I just do not get it, I really do not want to have to
install windows again

can anyone help me please, thanks lee.

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi Lee,

Does the system boot into Safe mode at all?
If you load the Recovery Console, can you see the \system32 folder?

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

"Lee" > wrote in message
...
> HI was wondering if somebody could shine a bit of light
> on my problem, this as happened to me four times now, and
> is getting very annoying.
>
> I boot up my machine and an error comes up saying
> something like:
>
> cannot boot windows, SYSTEM32 folder is missing or
> corrupt,
>
> I keep my antivirus updated and windows,do regular virus
> scans, I have Norton antivirus 'autopprotect' turned on,
>
> I just do not get it, I really do not want to have to
> install windows again
>
> can anyone help me please, thanks lee.

[Bruce Chambers]

Greetings --

I can verify from personal experience that this method works:

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry that Prevents Windows XP from
Starting
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545

To investigate the root cause(s) of the problem:

How to Troubleshoot Registry Corruption Issues
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822705


Bruce Chambers

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"Lee" > wrote in message
...
> HI was wondering if somebody could shine a bit of light
> on my problem, this as happened to me four times now, and
> is getting very annoying.
>
> I boot up my machine and an error comes up saying
> something like:
>
> cannot boot windows, SYSTEM32 folder is missing or
> corrupt,
>
> I keep my antivirus updated and windows,do regular virus
> scans, I have Norton antivirus 'autopprotect' turned on,
>
> I just do not get it, I really do not want to have to
> install windows again
>
> can anyone help me please, thanks lee.

Thanks for your reply, yes the SYSTEM32 folder stilldoes
exist and I can access it.

>-----Original Message-----
>Hi Lee,
>
>Does the system boot into Safe mode at all?
>If you load the Recovery Console, can you see the
\system32 folder?
>
>--
>Best of Luck,
>
>Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
>Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
>http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
>Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
>www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
>Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
>
>"Lee" > wrote in
message
...
>> HI was wondering if somebody could shine a bit of light
>> on my problem, this as happened to me four times now,
and
>> is getting very annoying.
>>
>> I boot up my machine and an error comes up saying
>> something like:
>>
>> cannot boot windows, SYSTEM32 folder is missing or
>> corrupt,
>>
>> I keep my antivirus updated and windows,do regular
virus
>> scans, I have Norton antivirus 'autopprotect' turned
on,
>>
>> I just do not get it, I really do not want to have to
>> install windows again
>>
>> can anyone help me please, thanks lee.
>
>
>.
>

[Rick \Nutcase\ Rogers]

Hi,

Then you likely have a corrupt registry. Follow the article posted by Bruce
Chambers:

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

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org

> wrote in message
...
>
>
> Thanks for your reply, yes the SYSTEM32 folder stilldoes
> exist and I can access it.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >Hi Lee,
> >
> >Does the system boot into Safe mode at all?
> >If you load the Recovery Console, can you see the
> \system32 folder?
> >
> >--
> >Best of Luck,
> >
> >Rick Rogers aka "Nutcase" MS-MVP - Win9x
> >Windows isn't rocket science! That's my other hobby!
> >http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> >Associate Expert - WinXP - Expert Zone
> >www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone
> >Win98 Help - www.rickrogers.org
> >
> >"Lee" > wrote in
> message
> ...
> >> HI was wondering if somebody could shine a bit of light
> >> on my problem, this as happened to me four times now,
> and
> >> is getting very annoying.
> >>
> >> I boot up my machine and an error comes up saying
> >> something like:
> >>
> >> cannot boot windows, SYSTEM32 folder is missing or
> >> corrupt,
> >>
> >> I keep my antivirus updated and windows,do regular
> virus
> >> scans, I have Norton antivirus 'autopprotect' turned
> on,
> >>
> >> I just do not get it, I really do not want to have to
> >> install windows again
> >>
> >> can anyone help me please, thanks lee.
> >
> >
> >.
> >