Win2Kpro Startup file missing (child moved files) Please help me!

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Lauran

Please help me! My darling "banned from the PC"child,
Moved system files from (C:) to (F:)on my work PC.
I've tried, repair with System Disk and a cloned emergency
startup disk. And tried to copy the missing file from our
other Win2K Pro PC.
Still I get this message.
Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is
missing or corrupt:
\WINNT\system32\CONFIG\SYSTEM.SAV startup options for
Windows 2000.
Anybody got any ideas?
I have way too many important files to just delete it all
and setup all over again.

Many Thanks,
Laura
 
You can restore the system hive using the most recent backup found in
%windir%\repair\regback

If no backups, you haven't much choice but to copy/ use the
original-as-installed system hive from
%windir%\repair\system
to
%windir%\system32\config\system
You'll need to reinstall the device drivers for any hardware added since the
original OS install.

To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000
Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup
floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD,
use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks.
Press ENTER at the "Setup Notification" screen. Press R to repair a Windows
2000 installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The
Recovery Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do
not have the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
Console quits and restarts the computer. Once the password has been
validated, you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access
to the hard disk. You can only access the following folders on your
computer: %systemroot% and %windir%
 
Wow Dave
I just had this issue last week. I found the error on
TechNet. The solution you just outlined worked pretty
well. A couple of the user's third party software
applications did not make it, but we saved his OS. We
all heaved a sigh of relief.
 
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