Oh No!!!!

[Fifaheat]

i just tried to boot up windows, and the following message appered:

windows was unable to located \windows\system32\config\system

so i booted up from the winxp cd, and selected R and its taken me to the console, what do i do??

thanx in advance

its one problem after another!!

FifaHeat

 

[Fifaheat]

it says:

which windows installation would u like to log into?

i can only press one letter

how can i recover by my file!

 

[Lonman]

The regisitry is corrupt. Try booting to 'last known good configuration.' I believe the option shows in the F8 options.

 

[Fifaheat]

i did that i it still comes up with the corrupt error message...?

 

[Lonman]

I hate to say it, but unless you're well-versed in using the recovery console AND you've backed up your registry... then you'll need to do at least a repair installation.

Here's a couple articles about using XP's recovery console:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q307654#9 << You don't have to install it... it can be run from the CD.

This one gives a more detailed description of the available commands:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q229716

 

[Fifaheat]

i'm lost

so what command would i put in?

 

[existenz]

I think you should go to Repair INSTALLATION...not repair console.

To get to repair installation, do not press "r" on the first screen. Instead select, Install Windows XP...then on the screen where it asks you to format your drives, there'll be an option for repair installation...Do that...hope it helps

 

[Fifaheat]

it doesn't give me an option of that.

i pressed install windows xp, and it tries to located windows 98 etc to upgrade off, but i cant find it.

i have windows xp home edition...

??? any more ideas ???

ive got a lot of school coursework on this, and i dont want to loose it! so how can i recover my school stuff? how can i put it on a floppy disc from the command??