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adam
Hi:
My 15 year-old daughter has a Gateway system that is 4 years old, running XP
Home. Today she encountered a black screen on start-up that essentially
states Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or
corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM 32\CONFIG. We can't find the Operating System CD for
Windows XP Home, and my XP Professional OS disc I read cannot be used instead.
I have a read a resolution that requires ijnsertion of the OS XP Home disc;
boot from CD; Windows set-up initializes and press "R" to repair recovery
console; hard drive is examined; perform a disck check (chkdsk /p and
fixboot); type exit to restart; exit to restart and then select Last Known
Good Configuration. Question: anything to download to make a boot disc for
Home Edition with minimum files that will allow me to attempt a fix? I do not
want to purchase an OS for Windows XP Home edition.
Thank you.
Adam
My 15 year-old daughter has a Gateway system that is 4 years old, running XP
Home. Today she encountered a black screen on start-up that essentially
states Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or
corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM 32\CONFIG. We can't find the Operating System CD for
Windows XP Home, and my XP Professional OS disc I read cannot be used instead.
I have a read a resolution that requires ijnsertion of the OS XP Home disc;
boot from CD; Windows set-up initializes and press "R" to repair recovery
console; hard drive is examined; perform a disck check (chkdsk /p and
fixboot); type exit to restart; exit to restart and then select Last Known
Good Configuration. Question: anything to download to make a boot disc for
Home Edition with minimum files that will allow me to attempt a fix? I do not
want to purchase an OS for Windows XP Home edition.
Thank you.
Adam