taurarian
December 5th 03, 11:21 PM
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545
How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry That Prevents
Windows XP from Starting
>-----Original Message-----
>I have windows xp home on my HP notebook, but do not have
>the operating system disk. The machine won't go into
>Windows because I am getting an error message that the
>following file is missing or corrupted - \windows\system32
>\config\system. Is there an easy way to get a copy of
>this file? I tried copying it from my desktop (also XP
>Home) but the file would not copy. I looked for
>downloads of the operating system from Microsoft but
>didn't see any on their website. HP support told me they
>had a operating system disk available, then transferred
>me to an area that hung up on me after leaving me on hold
>for 15 minutes. I spent the next 2 hours trying to get
>another human on the line and gave up. Does anyone have
>any suggestions?
>.
>
How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry That Prevents
Windows XP from Starting
>-----Original Message-----
>I have windows xp home on my HP notebook, but do not have
>the operating system disk. The machine won't go into
>Windows because I am getting an error message that the
>following file is missing or corrupted - \windows\system32
>\config\system. Is there an easy way to get a copy of
>this file? I tried copying it from my desktop (also XP
>Home) but the file would not copy. I looked for
>downloads of the operating system from Microsoft but
>didn't see any on their website. HP support told me they
>had a operating system disk available, then transferred
>me to an area that hung up on me after leaving me on hold
>for 15 minutes. I spent the next 2 hours trying to get
>another human on the line and gave up. Does anyone have
>any suggestions?
>.
>