System32 missing or corrupt!

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I've just turned my notebook on this morning and a screen came up
"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM"
It then tells me that I can fix the problem using the original Setup CD-ROM...
The problem is, in the last couple of years that I've had it we've moved
twice and are about to move again and I can't find it anywhere! And, I need
the computer for work.
Is there any way I can do this without the CD?

 

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Hi

You could try here for a replacement XP CD, if it was a Retail one:

"How to replace lost, broken, or missing Microsoft software or hardware"
http://support.microsoft.com/d­efault.aspx?scid=KB;en-us;3262­46

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"SteveP" <SteveP@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8C036CEC-343B-48A0-9603-F261A8EE4E61@microsoft.com...
> I've just turned my notebook on this morning and a screen came up
> "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
> \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM"
> It then tells me that I can fix the problem using the original Setup
> CD-ROM...
> The problem is, in the last couple of years that I've had it we've moved
> twice and are about to move again and I can't find it anywhere! And, I
> need
> the computer for work.
> Is there any way I can do this without the CD?