XP Home Will Not Boot Up

[Stu Sauerbry]

When booting up the computer with Win XP Home, I get the
following message:

Windows XP could not start because the following files
were missing or corrupted: c:\windows\system32
\config\system

I looked on the drive and the file does exist. Is there a
way to recover the file or fix the problem without using
the recover CD?

[Rich Barry]

Check here.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q307545
"Stu Sauerbry" > wrote in message
...
> When booting up the computer with Win XP Home, I get the
> following message:
>
> Windows XP could not start because the following files
> were missing or corrupted: c:\windows\system32
> \config\system
>
> I looked on the drive and the file does exist. Is there a
> way to recover the file or fix the problem without using
> the recover CD?

[Stu Sauerbry]

Worked beautifully--thanks!
>-----Original Message-----
> Check here.
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;
[LN];Q307545
>"Stu Sauerbry" > wrote in message
...
>> When booting up the computer with Win XP Home, I get the
>> following message:
>>
>> Windows XP could not start because the following files
>> were missing or corrupted: c:\windows\system32
>> \config\system
>>
>> I looked on the drive and the file does exist. Is
there a
>> way to recover the file or fix the problem without using
>> the recover CD?
>
>
>.
>

[Blueyonder NEWS]

As a matter of interest I had this same problem and went into recovery
console. I did a CHKDSK with full fix options (cannot remember what they
were now) and CHKDSK fixed errors and then my PC was fine!.

Jabber


"Stu Sauerbry" > wrote in message
...
> Worked beautifully--thanks!
> >-----Original Message-----
> > Check here.
> >http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;
> [LN];Q307545
> >"Stu Sauerbry" > wrote in message
> ...
> >> When booting up the computer with Win XP Home, I get the
> >> following message:
> >>
> >> Windows XP could not start because the following files
> >> were missing or corrupted: c:\windows\system32
> >> \config\system
> >>
> >> I looked on the drive and the file does exist. Is
> there a
> >> way to recover the file or fix the problem without using
> >> the recover CD?
> >
> >
> >.
> >