i woke up this morning turned my comp on and i get a black screen that says "Windows could not start because the following file is corrupt or missing: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM"
"You can attempt to repair this file by starting Windows Setup using the Original setup cd-rom, Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair"
anyone have ne clues what i can do, i cant lose that data i have on there so i cant format it, when i try the repair thing it just takes me to like a C:\Windows dos prompt type thing and i dont know what i can do, i need help with this bad
i also ran the maxtor powerdisk diagnostic tools and it "passed" the test
"You can attempt to repair this file by starting Windows Setup using the Original setup cd-rom, Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair"
anyone have ne clues what i can do, i cant lose that data i have on there so i cant format it, when i try the repair thing it just takes me to like a C:\Windows dos prompt type thing and i dont know what i can do, i need help with this bad
i also ran the maxtor powerdisk diagnostic tools and it "passed" the test