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Missing windows/sys32/config/system - any easy fix please?
I have noted all the references to the MS support for this problem at startup. I am trying to help a friend who unfortunately does not have (and cannot get) the Windows XP disk (as was pre-installed, and purchased 3 years ago in another country). He crsahed his pc by panicking & "pulling the electricity plug" during a Windows update! I have an "Operating System Reinstallation cd" for my pc. Can I (in terms of both practically, securely & legally) use my disk to help restart his pc? If not, is there an "easy fix" for this problem that does not require any disks (e.g. via the F8 menus at startup)? Thanks for any advice - I want to avoid corrupting his pc or mine as a consequence! |
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Missing windows/sys32/config/system - any easy fix please?
On Feb 10, 5:17*am, Switzerland calling
wrote: I have noted all the references to the MS support for this problem at startup. I am trying to help a friend who unfortunately does not have (and cannot get) the Windows XP disk (as was pre-installed, and purchased 3 years ago in another country). He crsahed his pc by panicking & "pulling the electricity plug" during a Windows update! I have an "Operating System Reinstallation cd" for my pc. Can I (in terms of both practically, securely & legally) use my disk to help restart his pc? If not, is there an "easy fix" for this problem that does not require any disks (e.g. via the F8 menus at startup)? Thanks for any advice - I want to avoid corrupting his pc or mine as a consequence! Easy fix? How about a common sense fix. Was the issue preceded by a power interruption, aborted restart, or improper shutdown? These can cause corruption in the file system which must be fixed before you do anything else. If any of those events have occurred, you should boot into the Windows Recovery Console using a bootable XP installation CD, or create on a bootable XP Recovery Console CD. This is not the same as any recovery disks that might have come a store bought system. For each of your hard disks, you should then run: chkdsk /r That sometimes fixes the power interruption problem you describe. If it doesn't, we can continue - but you have to boot something somehow. You can create a bootable XP Recovery Console CD: http://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/topic276527.html |
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Missing windows/sys32/config/system - any easy fix please?
the error pertains to a crashed
registry hive. what you will need to do is to access the recovery console and locate a "saved" registry hive and use it to replace the corrupted one. then once the pc boots with the "saved/basic" registry hive you can then replace "it" with a more current / up-to-date registry. here are the instructions: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545 -- db·´¯`·...¸)))º DatabaseBen, Retired Professional - Systems Analyst - Database Developer - Accountancy - Veteran of the Armed Forces - @Hotmail.com - nntp Postologist ~ "share the nirvana" - dbZen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Switzerland calling" wrote in message ... I have noted all the references to the MS support for this problem at startup. I am trying to help a friend who unfortunately does not have (and cannot get) the Windows XP disk (as was pre-installed, and purchased 3 years ago in another country). He crsahed his pc by panicking & "pulling the electricity plug" during a Windows update! I have an "Operating System Reinstallation cd" for my pc. Can I (in terms of both practically, securely & legally) use my disk to help restart his pc? If not, is there an "easy fix" for this problem that does not require any disks (e.g. via the F8 menus at startup)? Thanks for any advice - I want to avoid corrupting his pc or mine as a consequence! |
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Missing windows/sys32/config/system - any easy fix please?
you will need to find
and borrow an xp cd to fix the problem. the issue you have pertains to a corrupted registry. here are the instructions: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545 -- db·´¯`·...¸)))º DatabaseBen, Retired Professional - Systems Analyst - Database Developer - Accountancy - Veteran of the Armed Forces - Microsoft Partner - @hotmail.com ~~~~~~~~~~"share the nirvana" - dbZen "Switzerland calling" wrote in message ... I have noted all the references to the MS support for this problem at startup. I am trying to help a friend who unfortunately does not have (and cannot get) the Windows XP disk (as was pre-installed, and purchased 3 years ago in another country). He crsahed his pc by panicking & "pulling the electricity plug" during a Windows update! I have an "Operating System Reinstallation cd" for my pc. Can I (in terms of both practically, securely & legally) use my disk to help restart his pc? If not, is there an "easy fix" for this problem that does not require any disks (e.g. via the F8 menus at startup)? Thanks for any advice - I want to avoid corrupting his pc or mine as a consequence! |
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Missing windows/sys32/config/system - any easy fix please?
On Feb 10, 11:24*am, "db" databaseben at hotmail dot com wrote:
you will need to find and borrow an xp cd to fix the problem. the issue you have pertains to a corrupted registry. here are the instructions: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545 -- db·´¯`·...¸)))º DatabaseBen, Retired Professional *- Systems Analyst *- Database Developer *- Accountancy *- Veteran of the Armed Forces *- Microsoft Partner - ~~~~~~~~~~"share the nirvana" - dbZen "Switzerland calling" wrote in message ... I have noted all the references to the MS support for this problem at startup. I am trying to help a friend who unfortunately does not have (and cannot get) the Windows XP disk (as was pre-installed, and purchased 3 years ago in another country). He crsahed his pc by panicking & "pulling the electricity plug" during a Windows update! I have an "Operating System Reinstallation cd" for my pc. Can I (in terms of both practically, securely & legally) use my disk to help restart his pc? If not, is there an "easy fix" for this problem that does not require any disks (e.g. via the F8 menus at startup)? Thanks for any advice - I want to avoid corrupting his pc or mine as a consequence! Say, db... what would you recommend next if if Switzerland calling got hold of an xp cd? |
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Missing windows/sys32/config/system - any easy fix please?
On Feb 10, 10:38*am, "db" wrote:
the error pertains to a crashed registry hive. what you will need to do is to access the recovery console and locate a "saved" registry hive and use it to replace the corrupted one. then once the pc boots with the "saved/basic" registry hive you can then replace "it" with a more current / up-to-date registry. here are the instructions: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545 -- db·´¯`·...¸)))º DatabaseBen, Retired Professional *- Systems Analyst *- Database Developer *- Accountancy *- Veteran of the Armed Forces - - *nntp Postologist ~ "share the nirvana" - dbZen ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Switzerland calling" wrote in ... I have noted all the references to the MS support for this problem at startup. I am trying to help a friend who unfortunately does not have (and cannot get) the Windows XP disk (as was pre-installed, and purchased 3 years ago in another country). He crsahed his pc by panicking & "pulling the electricity plug" during a Windows update! I have an "Operating System Reinstallation cd" for my pc. Can I (in terms of both practically, securely & legally) use my disk to help restart his pc? If not, is there an "easy fix" for this problem that does not require any disks (e.g. via the F8 menus at startup)? Thanks for any advice - I want to avoid corrupting his pc or mine as a consequence! Not necessarily. The most likely cause of the error is a corrupted file system as a result of a power failure. We have all seen this problem after a power failure and a popular first suggestion is to implement KB307545 which involves booting the Recovery Console and then copying in some registry files from some other place to replace the suspicious ones following up with a System Restore. Often this is not required after a simple power failure that generated this non booting condition. Copying old registry files may be required and will work if the registry files really are corrupted, but we don't know that and you don't need an XP CD to do that - unless you want to call a bootable Recovery Console CD you make yourself an XP CD so there is nothing to borrow. Make one. KB307545 is used if the registry files are corrupted (which we don't know) and does not include or mention running chkdsk /r to fix the likely file system problem that so often accompanies a power failure and the exact error message the OP sees. The directions in the KB describe how to recover from a corrupted registry, not how to recover when the system generates this error and is unbootable after a power failure. Knowing there was a power failure, why would anyone suggest copying some other registry files on top of the original ones without doing a chkdsk /r to verify the integrity of the file system first? Chance are good that a chkdsk /r will fix this problem. If not, then implement KB307545. The KB is sometimes intimidating for inexperienced users who often come back reporting something went wrong or they don't get it. Why not start with something less complicated? An XP CD is not required to run chkdsk /r and if you are thinking the registry is corrupted and have KB307545 in mind as something to try, an XP CD is not required for that either. The process is the same no matter how you get into the Recovery Console. Why would you not suggest booting into recovery console and then chkdsk /r and if the system still has the same problem, then and only then implement KB307545? All of this (and more) can be done from a Recovery Console CD that the OP can make with no XP media required. |
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