Jim
December 12th 03, 06:48 PM
>-----Original Message-----
>getting msg c:\windows\system32\config\system
>is absent or corrupt. Cant get to recovery mode without
>restoring to factory settings and losing app/data.
>I have the 6 xp floppies, but that doesn't let system
>complete the boot. Does anyone have a suggestion? any
>help greatly appreciated. skip
>.
>Go to this article here;
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;307545
Your system registry is corrupt.
This article describes how to recover a Windows XP system
that does not start because of corruption in the registry.
This procedure does not guarantee full recovery of the
system to a previous state; however, you should be able to
recover data when you use this procedure.
You can repair a corrupted registry in Windows XP.
Corrupted registry files can cause a variety of different
error messages. Please refer to the Knowledge Base for
articles regarding error messages related to registry
issues.
This article assumes that normal recovery methods have
failed and access to the system is not available except by
using Recovery Console. If an Automatic System Recovery
(ASR) backup exists, it is the preferred method for
recovery; it is recommended that you use the ASR backup
before you try the procedure described in this article.
Note Make sure to replace all five of the registry hives.
If you only replace a single hive or two, this can cause
potential issues, since software and hardware may have
settings in multiple locations in the registry.
>getting msg c:\windows\system32\config\system
>is absent or corrupt. Cant get to recovery mode without
>restoring to factory settings and losing app/data.
>I have the 6 xp floppies, but that doesn't let system
>complete the boot. Does anyone have a suggestion? any
>help greatly appreciated. skip
>.
>Go to this article here;
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;307545
Your system registry is corrupt.
This article describes how to recover a Windows XP system
that does not start because of corruption in the registry.
This procedure does not guarantee full recovery of the
system to a previous state; however, you should be able to
recover data when you use this procedure.
You can repair a corrupted registry in Windows XP.
Corrupted registry files can cause a variety of different
error messages. Please refer to the Knowledge Base for
articles regarding error messages related to registry
issues.
This article assumes that normal recovery methods have
failed and access to the system is not available except by
using Recovery Console. If an Automatic System Recovery
(ASR) backup exists, it is the preferred method for
recovery; it is recommended that you use the ASR backup
before you try the procedure described in this article.
Note Make sure to replace all five of the registry hives.
If you only replace a single hive or two, this can cause
potential issues, since software and hardware may have
settings in multiple locations in the registry.