File corrupt or missing?!

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I have a problem on my laptop. It runs on Windows XP home edition, but
recently, when I was booting up my computer, I got a message saying that it
cannot load windows because either a file is missing or corrupt. I have no
idea what to do. Somebody please help me
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veronica wrote:
> I have a problem on my laptop. It runs on Windows XP home edition, but
> recently, when I was booting up my computer, I got a message saying that it
> cannot load windows because either a file is missing or corrupt. I have no
> idea what to do. Somebody please help me


How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry that Prevents Windows XP from
Starting
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;307545

Once you've recovered, you might want to look here, as well:

How to Troubleshoot Registry Corruption Issues
http://support.microsoft.com/defau [...] -us;822705

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