Windows file missing or corrupt

[Larry L. Hegler]

My Brother in-law has an HP Pavilion. Twice now he has
had Windows XP Home Edition refuse to start and his
computer would only display the following
message: "Windows could not start due to following file
missing or corrupt \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM". This
has happened twice in the last three months. Has any one
seen this message before and what is causing the file to
become missing or corrupt? I have had to restore Windows
XP twice so far. We would really appreciate any info.

[adrian]

hi,
I just encountered the same problem few days ago after I installed the
win2000 adv server. And I've asked around in this newsgroup, someone told me
that the system boot files have been overwritten, they suggest me to boot
into recovery console, and copy the ntldr and ntdetect.com from the I386
folder into the root of the boot partition and then type bootcfg /rebuild.
Actually, I've tried that, but it doesn't seem to work.... My OS still
waiting for me to save it ^^, I can't reinstall the OS since there's lots of
important stuff inside.
Anyway, if I find out the solution, i will come back to you.

Good luck.
Adrian
"Larry L. Hegler" > wrote in message
...
> My Brother in-law has an HP Pavilion. Twice now he has
> had Windows XP Home Edition refuse to start and his
> computer would only display the following
> message: "Windows could not start due to following file
> missing or corrupt \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM". This
> has happened twice in the last three months. Has any one
> seen this message before and what is causing the file to
> become missing or corrupt? I have had to restore Windows
> XP twice so far. We would really appreciate any info.
>

[Master]

You all have tried a repair install?

Maybe even a chkdsk in the Safe Mode/Console might work.

>-----Original Message-----
>hi,
> I just encountered the same problem few days ago after
I installed the
>win2000 adv server. And I've asked around in this
newsgroup, someone told me
>that the system boot files have been overwritten, they
suggest me to boot
>into recovery console, and copy the ntldr and
ntdetect.com from the I386
>folder into the root of the boot partition and then type
bootcfg /rebuild.
>Actually, I've tried that, but it doesn't seem to
work.... My OS still
>waiting for me to save it ^^, I can't reinstall the OS
since there's lots of
>important stuff inside.
> Anyway, if I find out the solution, i will come back to
you.
>
>Good luck.
>Adrian
>"Larry L. Hegler" > wrote in message
...
>> My Brother in-law has an HP Pavilion. Twice now he has
>> had Windows XP Home Edition refuse to start and his
>> computer would only display the following
>> message: "Windows could not start due to following file
>> missing or corrupt \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM".
This
>> has happened twice in the last three months. Has any
one
>> seen this message before and what is causing the file to
>> become missing or corrupt? I have had to restore
Windows
>> XP twice so far. We would really appreciate any info.
>>
>
>
>.
>

[adrian]

Yes, i've tried everything, actually what does the repair function does? I
used that everytime my OS crash, but it fails everytime.... And I cant even
boot into safe mode, so can't run chkdsk....

Adrian

"Master" > wrote in message
...
> You all have tried a repair install?
>
> Maybe even a chkdsk in the Safe Mode/Console might work.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >hi,
> > I just encountered the same problem few days ago after
> I installed the
> >win2000 adv server. And I've asked around in this
> newsgroup, someone told me
> >that the system boot files have been overwritten, they
> suggest me to boot
> >into recovery console, and copy the ntldr and
> ntdetect.com from the I386
> >folder into the root of the boot partition and then type
> bootcfg /rebuild.
> >Actually, I've tried that, but it doesn't seem to
> work.... My OS still
> >waiting for me to save it ^^, I can't reinstall the OS
> since there's lots of
> >important stuff inside.
> > Anyway, if I find out the solution, i will come back to
> you.
> >
> >Good luck.
> >Adrian
> >"Larry L. Hegler" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> My Brother in-law has an HP Pavilion. Twice now he has
> >> had Windows XP Home Edition refuse to start and his
> >> computer would only display the following
> >> message: "Windows could not start due to following file
> >> missing or corrupt \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM".
> This
> >> has happened twice in the last three months. Has any
> one
> >> seen this message before and what is causing the file to
> >> become missing or corrupt? I have had to restore
> Windows
> >> XP twice so far. We would really appreciate any info.
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >

[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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"Larry L. Hegler" > wrote in message
...
> My Brother in-law has an HP Pavilion. Twice now he has
> had Windows XP Home Edition refuse to start and his
> computer would only display the following
> message: "Windows could not start due to following file
> missing or corrupt \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM". This
> has happened twice in the last three months. Has any one
> seen this message before and what is causing the file to
> become missing or corrupt? I have had to restore Windows
> XP twice so far. We would really appreciate any info.
>

[Lori Ann Kuiper]

I received the exact same error message about 1 month ago. I tried
everything to get back in to Windows, but all my attemps failed and I ended
up reloading Windows and losing all my info which cost me dearly. If you do
find out anything on what caused this error, or how to correct it, please
let me know--just in case it happens again!

The only thing I know is that the problem occurred after I started using the
Nvidia desktop manager to manage different profiles for different users.
Not for sure if this was the cause or not.
"Master" > wrote in message
...
> You all have tried a repair install?
>
> Maybe even a chkdsk in the Safe Mode/Console might work.
>
> >-----Original Message-----
> >hi,
> > I just encountered the same problem few days ago after
> I installed the
> >win2000 adv server. And I've asked around in this
> newsgroup, someone told me
> >that the system boot files have been overwritten, they
> suggest me to boot
> >into recovery console, and copy the ntldr and
> ntdetect.com from the I386
> >folder into the root of the boot partition and then type
> bootcfg /rebuild.
> >Actually, I've tried that, but it doesn't seem to
> work.... My OS still
> >waiting for me to save it ^^, I can't reinstall the OS
> since there's lots of
> >important stuff inside.
> > Anyway, if I find out the solution, i will come back to
> you.
> >
> >Good luck.
> >Adrian
> >"Larry L. Hegler" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> My Brother in-law has an HP Pavilion. Twice now he has
> >> had Windows XP Home Edition refuse to start and his
> >> computer would only display the following
> >> message: "Windows could not start due to following file
> >> missing or corrupt \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM".
> This
> >> has happened twice in the last three months. Has any
> one
> >> seen this message before and what is causing the file to
> >> become missing or corrupt? I have had to restore
> Windows
> >> XP twice so far. We would really appreciate any info.
> >>
> >
> >
> >.
> >