KnowledgeBaseArticle 823614 f-ed me up bad! Help!

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Ok so I boot my new laptop with Windows XP Home Edition, I get the following DOS looking message:

Windows could not start because the C:\windows\system32\config\system file is missing or corrupt.

So windows won't boot now, so I find KBA 823514 and it tells me to copy C:\windows\repair\system to the C:\windows\system32\config folder and replace the corrupted system file. I do this, and now windows will sorta boot but keeps bouncing itself and rebooting and never gets to any true user interface, just a constant rebooting cycle. But even worse when I go back to my system restore/repair utility the administrator's password has been changed!!! Thank you microsoft, now I can't not even access my files to fix anything. Please help me!!!!! Any help is greatly appreciated, because I am screwed. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
 
Ok so I boot my new laptop with Windows XP Home Edition, I get the following DOS looking message:

Windows could not start because the C:\windows\system32\config\system file is missing or corrupt.

So windows won't boot now, so I find KBA 823514 and it tells me to copy C:\windows\repair\system to the C:\windows\system32\config folder and replace the corrupted system file. I do this, and now windows will sorta boot but keeps bouncing itself and rebooting and never gets to any true user interface, just a constant rebooting cycle. But even worse when I go back to my system restore/repair utility the administrator's password has been changed!!! Thank you microsoft, now I can't not even access my files to fix anything. Please help me!!!!! Any help is greatly appreciated, because I am screwed. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
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Try the procedure at KB 307545

Dave
 
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545
How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry That Prevents Windows XP from
Starting
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307654
Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP
See also
How to Troubleshoot Registry Corruption Issues
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;822705

MikeC said:
Ok so I boot my new laptop with Windows XP Home Edition, I get the following DOS looking message:

Windows could not start because the C:\windows\system32\config\system file is missing or corrupt.

So windows won't boot now, so I find KBA 823514 and it tells me to copy
Click to expand...
C:\windows\repair\system to the C:\windows\system32\config folder and
replace the corrupted system file. I do this, and now windows will sorta
boot but keeps bouncing itself and rebooting and never gets to any true user
interface, just a constant rebooting cycle. But even worse when I go back
to my system restore/repair utility the administrator's password has been
changed!!! Thank you microsoft, now I can't not even access my files to fix
anything. Please help me!!!!! Any help is greatly appreciated, because I
am screwed. Thank you, thank you, thank you!
 
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