Error: Windows Could Not Start Because...Following File...Missing/Corrupt

[j martin]

Yesterday when I came back to my computer, I moved the
mouse to get out of the screesaver, and the screen went
blank. After no reponse from anything I did, I rebooted,
and then got this error:

Windows Could Not Start Because the Following File Is
Missing or Corrupt
\Windows\System32\Config\System

You can attempt to repair this file by starting Windows
Setup using the original Setup CD-ROM

----
Most of the help I looked at was telling me how to fix the
computer from the Recovery Console... but how the hell can
I use that if I cannot even boot into windows?

My setup -
First HD (40GB)
C: about 10gb (used just for Windows)
D: about 30gb (used for installed programs)
CD-ROMs
E: and F:
Second HD (80GB)
G: new, unused

When I use a boot disk, my C: in DOS is actually my D:, in
other words, I only see the files that were on my 30gb
partition. The drive I use for Windows and the empty HD
are non-existant, although all hardware is found in the
BIOS. So I can't even get to the Windows folder to copy
the backup files.

Can anyone help?? :(

[davexnet]

On Thu, 17 Apr 2003 10:32:57 -0700, "j martin" >
wrote:

>Yesterday when I came back to my computer, I moved the
>mouse to get out of the screesaver, and the screen went
>blank. After no reponse from anything I did, I rebooted,
>and then got this error:
>
>Windows Could Not Start Because the Following File Is
>Missing or Corrupt
>\Windows\System32\Config\System
>
>You can attempt to repair this file by starting Windows
>Setup using the original Setup CD-ROM
>
>----
>Most of the help I looked at was telling me how to fix the
>computer from the Recovery Console... but how the hell can
>I use that if I cannot even boot into windows?
>
>My setup -
>First HD (40GB)
>C: about 10gb (used just for Windows)
>D: about 30gb (used for installed programs)
>CD-ROMs
>E: and F:
>Second HD (80GB)
>G: new, unused
>
>When I use a boot disk, my C: in DOS is actually my D:, in
>other words, I only see the files that were on my 30gb
>partition. The drive I use for Windows and the empty HD
>are non-existant, although all hardware is found in the
>BIOS. So I can't even get to the Windows folder to copy
>the backup files.
>
>Can anyone help?? :(
You're registry may be corrupted. See this KB article:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545

Dave