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bry25_uk
I have XP home ed SP3 all upto date. I run norton 360. Everything was
running nice and smooth,as it does !!!!, until this afternoon. My desktop
suddenly stopped responding. TOTALLY. ALT-TAB would cycle through running
programs but they wouldnt activate. As a last resort i did a hard reset and
on restart was presented with "registry file was damaged, had to use
alternate file, done successfully" and it appeared to boot ok. After boot the
desktop was still not responding. It was all there but i couldn't click on
anything. again i reset and attempted to start in safe mode to which i was
told, on a black screen, " Windows could not start because the following file
is missing or corrupt: \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"
I have done this but don't know how to use this repair console. I have
repaired files with CHKDSK/r but need to know a little more if anyone can
help me please.
thanks
oh, the first time it attempted to restart it said, missing or corrupt
SYSTEM.log
dont know if this helps
running nice and smooth,as it does !!!!, until this afternoon. My desktop
suddenly stopped responding. TOTALLY. ALT-TAB would cycle through running
programs but they wouldnt activate. As a last resort i did a hard reset and
on restart was presented with "registry file was damaged, had to use
alternate file, done successfully" and it appeared to boot ok. After boot the
desktop was still not responding. It was all there but i couldn't click on
anything. again i reset and attempted to start in safe mode to which i was
told, on a black screen, " Windows could not start because the following file
is missing or corrupt: \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"
I have done this but don't know how to use this repair console. I have
repaired files with CHKDSK/r but need to know a little more if anyone can
help me please.
thanks
oh, the first time it attempted to restart it said, missing or corrupt
SYSTEM.log
dont know if this helps