START UP ERROR

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My computer will not boot up. I am receiving the following error.
Windows\System32\Config\System. I have tried the chkdsk/r a couple of times
and a few other things. Nothing is working. I tried to do a repair
installation but it only wants to do a complete re-install and says that
their is already a copy of windows on that partition and I get a warning.
Does anyone have some more suggestions for me to try before I have to
completely re-install windows xp and possibly lose all the data on this
computer.

Thanks for your help!!

 

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Take a look at the following:
Corrupt Hive
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_sys32.htm

How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307545

SystemRoot\System32\Config\SYSTEM
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q314874


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"mercme" <mercme@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> My computer will not boot up. I am receiving the following error.
> Windows\System32\Config\System. I have tried the chkdsk/r a couple of
> times
> and a few other things. Nothing is working. I tried to do a repair
> installation but it only wants to do a complete re-install and says that
> their is already a copy of windows on that partition and I get a warning.
> Does anyone have some more suggestions for me to try before I have to
> completely re-install windows xp and possibly lose all the data on this
> computer.
>
> Thanks for your help!!

 

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Sounds like a corrupted System registry hive

Boot to the Recovery Console

Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console (314058)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314058

Once in recover Console you need to perform the following steps:

At the Recovery Console command prompt:

1. CD to the system32 folder "cd system32"
2. CD to the config folder "cd config"

The prompt should now look like C:\Windows\system32\config

Type "copy system system.bak"

It should say "one file copied (You just made a backup of your original system registry hive.)

Then type "copy c:\windows\repair\system system"

You are copying the backup system registry file from the c:\windows\repair folder into the c:\windows\system32\config folder.

Overwrite the file at the prompt (you made a backup first)

Reboot normally

If that doesn't work then either the backup system hive is too old or there are other problems.

A repair install is explained below:

How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP (315341)
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;315341

Best Regards,
Darren Curtis, MCSE
Microsoft Enterprise Support Engineer
Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security

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I attempted to do this...when I got to "copy system system.bak" it said it
could not find the file. Any other suggestions?


"Darren Curtis" wrote:

> Sounds like a corrupted System registry hive
>
> Boot to the Recovery Console
>
> Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console (314058)
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314058
>
> Once in recover Console you need to perform the following steps:
>
> At the Recovery Console command prompt:
>
> 1. CD to the system32 folder "cd system32"
> 2. CD to the config folder "cd config"
>
> The prompt should now look like C:\Windows\system32\config
>
> Type "copy system system.bak"
>
> It should say "one file copied (You just made a backup of your original system registry hive.)
>
> Then type "copy c:\windows\repair\system system"
>
> You are copying the backup system registry file from the c:\windows\repair folder into the c:\windows\system32\config folder.
>
> Overwrite the file at the prompt (you made a backup first)
>
> Reboot normally
>
> If that doesn't work then either the backup system hive is too old or there are other problems.
>
> A repair install is explained below:
>
> How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP (315341)
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;315341
>
> Best Regards,
> Darren Curtis, MCSE
> Microsoft Enterprise Support Engineer
> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
>
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> your newsreader so that others may learn and benefit
> from your issue.
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jump to copy c:\windows\system32\repair\system system

and restart

JosephKK

mercme wrote:

> I attempted to do this...when I got to "copy system system.bak" it said it
> could not find the file. Any other suggestions?
>
>
> "Darren Curtis" wrote:
>
>> Sounds like a corrupted System registry hive
>>
>> Boot to the Recovery Console
>>
>> Description of the Windows XP Recovery Console (314058)
>> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;314058
>>
>> Once in recover Console you need to perform the following steps:
>>
>> At the Recovery Console command prompt:
>>
>> 1. CD to the system32 folder "cd system32"
>> 2. CD to the config folder "cd config"
>>
>> The prompt should now look like C:\Windows\system32\config
>>
>> Type "copy system system.bak"
>>
>> It should say "one file copied (You just made a backup of your original
>> system registry hive.)
>>
>> Then type "copy c:\windows\repair\system system"
>>
>> You are copying the backup system registry file from the
>> c:\windows\repair folder into the c:\windows\system32\config folder.
>>
>> Overwrite the file at the prompt (you made a backup first)
>>
>> Reboot normally
>>
>> If that doesn't work then either the backup system hive is too old or
>> there are other problems.
>>
>> A repair install is explained below:
>>
>> How to perform an in-place upgrade (reinstallation) of Windows XP
>> (315341) http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=KB;EN-US;315341
>>
>> Best Regards,
>> Darren Curtis, MCSE
>> Microsoft Enterprise Support Engineer
>> Get Secure! - www.microsoft.com/security
>>
>> =====================================================
>> When responding to posts, please "Reply to Group" via
>> your newsreader so that others may learn and benefit
>> from your issue.
>> =====================================================
>>
>> This posting is provided "AS IS" with no warranties, and confers no
>> rights.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>