Corrupted system file

[Robert]

Could not start my XP system. System was running well for
a few months. No changes to hardware or software
additions. However did have a lockup and needed to be
restarted. Now I recieve an error and it will not boot.
The file /windows/system32/config/system is corrupted or
missing. How can I fix this. I searched the knowledge
database and couldn't find any qlues. Thank You

[Tom Porterfield]

Robert wrote:
> Could not start my XP system. System was running well for
> a few months. No changes to hardware or software
> additions. However did have a lockup and needed to be
> restarted. Now I recieve an error and it will not boot.
> The file /windows/system32/config/system is corrupted or
> missing. How can I fix this. I searched the knowledge
> database and couldn't find any qlues. Thank You

This article may help:

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry That Prevents Windows XP from
Starting
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows XP & Smart Display
http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tp.porterfield/support

Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.

[Robert]

Tom
That did the trick. It helps to know what keywords to
look for.
Thank You Very Much
>-----Original Message-----
>Robert wrote:
>> Could not start my XP system. System was running well
for
>> a few months. No changes to hardware or software
>> additions. However did have a lockup and needed to be
>> restarted. Now I recieve an error and it will not boot.
>> The file /windows/system32/config/system is corrupted
or
>> missing. How can I fix this. I searched the knowledge
>> database and couldn't find any qlues. Thank You
>
>This article may help:
>
>How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry That Prevents
Windows XP from
>Starting
>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;307545
>--
>Tom Porterfield
>MS-MVP Windows XP & Smart Display
>http://mywebpages.comcast.net/tp.porterfield/support
>
>Please post all follow-ups to the newsgroup only.
>
>
>.
>