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December 12th 03, 06:52 PM
Try this...Go to START and click RUN, type in cmd
click OK. In the prompt window type sfc /scannow
be sure of the space between sfc / now click the enter
key on your keyboard.Also insert your XP-CD in CD-ROM, it
will look for the missing files there...Good luck.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have xp home edition on Compaq Presario and system
will
>not boot because \windows\system32\config\system is
>missing or corrupt. I tryed recovery console (chkdsc /r)
>and process goes to 75% complete then back to 50% then
to
>74% then back to 50% and eventually hangs up. I also
>tryed "knowledge base article" 307545 but process
responds
>with cannot find config\system file, all the other copy
>and delete commands for the other files work. If I
>reinstall XP warning comes up saying 'My Documents"
>contents may be deleted-- Is this true? Any suggestions
>on how to fix problem without losing data. Thanks!
>.
>
click OK. In the prompt window type sfc /scannow
be sure of the space between sfc / now click the enter
key on your keyboard.Also insert your XP-CD in CD-ROM, it
will look for the missing files there...Good luck.
>-----Original Message-----
>I have xp home edition on Compaq Presario and system
will
>not boot because \windows\system32\config\system is
>missing or corrupt. I tryed recovery console (chkdsc /r)
>and process goes to 75% complete then back to 50% then
to
>74% then back to 50% and eventually hangs up. I also
>tryed "knowledge base article" 307545 but process
responds
>with cannot find config\system file, all the other copy
>and delete commands for the other files work. If I
>reinstall XP warning comes up saying 'My Documents"
>contents may be deleted-- Is this true? Any suggestions
>on how to fix problem without losing data. Thanks!
>.
>