Guest twayne410 Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 windows will not start,error messeage is windows\system32\config\system is missing or currupt.is there any way of fixing this problem without doing a repair from the disk.i have service pack 3 installed.i do have access to another hard drive on my pc that has a working windows.is there any way of useing that windows to eccess the windows on my other partition and fix the problem?
Guest John John (MVP) Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Re: windows xp error How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from starting http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545 John twayne410 wrote: > windows will not start,error messeage is windows\system32\config\system is > missing or currupt.is there any way of fixing this problem without doing a > repair from the disk.i have service pack 3 installed.i do have access to > another hard drive on my pc that has a working windows.is there any way of > useing that windows to eccess the windows on my other partition and fix the > problem?
Guest Gerry Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Re: windows xp error How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from starting http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/en-us The way suggested by Daddy is the usual way to resolve the problem. Do you have a Windows XP CD? What is your computer make and model? Is it a desktop or laptop? Do you have important data to recover? Please keep posts to a single thread to ensure others are aware of what has gone before. -- Hope this helps. Gerry ~~~~ FCA Stourport, England Enquire, plan and execute ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ twayne410 wrote: > windows will not start,error messeage is > windows\system32\config\system is missing or currupt.is there any way > of fixing this problem without doing a repair from the disk.i have > service pack 3 installed.i do have access to another hard drive on my > pc that has a working windows.is there any way of useing that windows > to eccess the windows on my other partition and fix the problem?
Guest Nightowl Posted August 12, 2008 Posted August 12, 2008 Re: windows xp error twayne410 <twayne410@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote on Tue, 12 Aug 2008: >windows will not start,error messeage is windows\system32\config\system is >missing or currupt.is there any way of fixing this problem without doing a >repair from the disk.i have service pack 3 installed.i do have access to >another hard drive on my pc that has a working windows.is there any way of >useing that windows to eccess the windows on my other partition and fix the >problem? Hi twayne yes, there is, provided you can see files and folders on the sick disk from the good one, were running System Restore on the disk that now has problems and have restore points. You can manually "fish out" a good copy of the corrupted file and replace it, which should allow you to get into Windows and do a proper restore. This looks a bit long and involved but most of the work is in actually locating the proper file, then it's just a case of copying and renaming. I've done this successfully a good few times and it doesn't do anything irreversible, so it's well worth a try. 1) Log in to the working Windows disk and browse to the System Volume Information folder off the root of the non-booting disk. This is normally a hidden folder so depending on the settings you normally use you might have to go to Folder Options | View first and choose Show Hidden Files and Folders and Display the Contents of System Folders. 2) You should see a subfolder called "restore" followed by a long series of letters and numbers in curly brackets. Open this and you should see a number of folders called "RP" followed by a number. These are your restore points. It's probably safest to go back a couple of days. Choose a restore point from around that time and open it. Look for a subfolder called "snapshot" (not all my restore points include this, so you might have to try a couple before you find it). 3) Inside the snapshot folder you will see copies of your registry files. The one you want is called _REGISTRY_MACHINE_SYSTEM. Copy this file to the Windows\System32\config folder. Inside Windows\System32\config you'll see a file called SYSTEM (no extension). Rename this to something like SYSTEM.OLD or SYSTEM.BAD. Then rename the file you copied (_REGISTRY_MACHINE_SYSTEM) to SYSTEM. Now try booting from the problem disk again and with a bit of luck Windows will load. if it does, I'd strongly recommend you run a full System Restore now, using a restore point from a couple of days before the problem started -- this is because what you just did replaced only one part of the registry. I really hope this helps you. Once everything's working again may I suggest you consider installing ERUNT, a wonderful free utility that will back up and restore your registry so you never have to go through this again? You can get it here http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ and I can't recommend it highly enough: Good luck! -- Nightowl
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