boot error

[Guest b_iceman]

I have a computer running windows xp home sp2. This problem first ocurred

when I plugged an external hard drive in. The computer crashed suddenly and

gave this error.

When I boot the computer I get an error the windows/system32/config/system

is missing or corrupt. It tells me to use a Windows setup disk and select r

to repair. I have gone to recovery console with no luck. I also did a fresh

install on a different hard drive then added the old one as a slave. (I

noticed that the old drives partitions are still intact and files are all

accessible.) I then tried to copy the file from the master over to the

"broken" slave, but I get the error Cannot copy system: It is being used by

another person or program.

After trying these things I decided to go ahead and activate windows on the

new master drive. As soon as I clicked on the activate windows button the

computer crashed and gave me the same error message as before. I assume this

is some kind of hardware failure but have no idea where to start.

[Guest peter]

Re: boot error

 

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545

peter

"b_iceman" <biceman@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:BDF50A45-6005-45F1-9B9C-DA1CEE88AB40@microsoft.com...

>I have a computer running windows xp home sp2. This problem first ocurred

> when I plugged an external hard drive in. The computer crashed suddenly

> and

> gave this error.

> When I boot the computer I get an error the windows/system32/config/system

> is missing or corrupt. It tells me to use a Windows setup disk and select

> r

> to repair. I have gone to recovery console with no luck. I also did a

> fresh

> install on a different hard drive then added the old one as a slave. (I

> noticed that the old drives partitions are still intact and files are all

> accessible.) I then tried to copy the file from the master over to the

> "broken" slave, but I get the error Cannot copy system: It is being used

> by

> another person or program.

> After trying these things I decided to go ahead and activate windows on

> the

> new master drive. As soon as I clicked on the activate windows button the

> computer crashed and gave me the same error message as before. I assume

> this

> is some kind of hardware failure but have no idea where to start.

[Guest b_iceman]

Re: boot error

 

i have alreday found this information, but i still can't access the drive

through system restore. is there a way to do these steps if i can access the

drive as a slave?

 

"peter" wrote:

> http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545

> peter