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Windows XP Pro will not boot Error Message included, XP wont boot
Aussietim
post Oct 28 2009, 07:47 PM
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hey, i have had trouble with this comupter before...it resulted in me buying a new harddrive.....
before i get into it.. Dell Inspirion 9100, 2GB ram, XP Pro SP3 ummm thats all i can think of right now.

so i brought the hard drive probley 6 months ago, and in the past month i have been getting the BSOD like every few days...because i dont really know much about computers this didnt really phase me at all...
so one day it BSOD on me then when i went to restart i couldnt load the OS.. the following messsage cam up (black screen white writing if that helps at all.)

" windows could not start becaue the following file is missing or corrupt:
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
you can attempy to repair this file by starting windows setup using the original setup CD-ROM.
select 'r' at te first screen to start repair"

to the untrained eye this sounds really bad because what i know of computers i know that system32 is like the 'brain' of the computer.. and i would really like to avoid wiping the hard drive and re-installing evrything again..
so if anyone can help me i would be extreamly greatful...i'm not completely useless with computers so it wont be too painful for you
Regards Tim
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- Aussietim   Windows XP Pro will not boot Error Message included   Oct 28 2009, 07:47 PM
- - rshaffer61   Hello Aussietim.... Welcome to GeeksToGo, ...   Oct 28 2009, 07:54 PM
- - Aussietim   yeah mate, what i typed was word for word on what ...   Oct 28 2009, 08:28 PM
- - rshaffer61   Hmm what make and model is your system? Name brand...   Oct 28 2009, 08:58 PM
- - Aussietim   as i said in my orignal post it is a Dell inspiron...   Oct 28 2009, 09:18 PM
- - rshaffer61   Did you get recovery disks with it?   Oct 28 2009, 09:24 PM
- - Aussietim   not 100% sure, but i got the orignal XP disc and i...   Oct 28 2009, 09:32 PM
- - rshaffer61   OK since you are in recovery console you have gon...   Oct 28 2009, 11:16 PM
- - Aussietim   rshaffer61. i must thank you for your help so far....   Oct 29 2009, 02:46 AM
- - rshaffer61   Ok no problem. Congratulations. for a successful...   Oct 29 2009, 07:52 AM

 

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