Windows wont boot windows\system32\config\system corrupt or missing

[Andrew]

Thanks a million Terrance - The inplace upgrade solved
the problema and I still have all of my data and
everything is hunky dory. This saved my sooo much time vs
reloading the os from scratch.

Andy
>-----Original Message-----
>Thank you for the site. When I try to rename system it
>tells me I have a directory enumeration error?? I cant
>rename or delete or copy for that matter? anything in
the
>config folder.
>
>Andy
>
>Any more help would be appreciated! I have a bunch of
>real important data - yes its backed up but I would have
>to rebuild the entire system ugh...
>>-----Original Message-----
>>
>>Hi there,
>>
>>Make sure you have performed these steps outlined in
the
>>following website:
>>
>>http://www.onecomputerguy.com/windowsxp_tips.htm#system3
2
>_c
>>onfig
>>
>>Or
>>
>>http://tinyurl.com/2xqme
>>
>>HTH
>>_____________________
>>
>>Venkatesh [MCSD][CCNA]
>>_____________________
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>I am in desperate need of help
>>>I went to boot my PC and the following error occured
>>>after post
>>>
>>>\windows\system32\config\system corrupt or missing
>>>
>>>I then booted from the windowsXP pro SP1 CD to the
>>>recovery console.
>>>I tried to find this file - all I get is
>>>An error occured during directory enumeration
>>>
>>>I have used the windows backup tool to save all of my
>>>data in a bkf file on another disk on the machine. I
>used
>>>the wizard and said to backup all the data and
settings.
>>>Please tell me how to recover without having to
rebuild
>>>the system. that would be a killer.
>>>I didnt make any ASR diskettes. That wil change next
>time
>>>.
>>>
>>.
>>
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