Corrupt XP system file

snoopy · 6th January 2002, 11:13 PM

All,

Need your advice again.

I shutdown the pc and XP got stuck at the "shutting down" screen. Rebooted and now XP won't start, says " ....the file ..\system32\config\system is corrupt or missing.

I booted to 98SE and checked. There is a file called "system" about 5 mb and a file called system.sav

I moved the file "system" to another place, renamed system.sav to system, rebooted and XP jumps to the XP Setup screen and asks for the setup cd as its about to copy the system files again. (The part that takes about 40 minutes duirng a normal install) Anyway this is not what I want.

So is the file "system" a user specific file cause I'm thinking of copying the file from my friends pc.

saba · 6th January 2002, 11:36 PM

Thats your registry. You have only one option, and thats to format and reinstall.

snoopy · 6th January 2002, 11:59 PM

OK, I fixed the problem.

I had to go to the system restore directory, find the latest restore point, copy the registry_machine_system and registry_machine_software files to the config\system directory and rename the files to system and software respectively.

Boot into XP ok, did a proper system restore to this morning's system restore point just to be safe to maintain a set of synchronised files.

6th January 2002, 11:13 PM	#1
snoopy Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 236	Corrupt XP system file All, Need your advice again. I shutdown the pc and XP got stuck at the "shutting down" screen. Rebooted and now XP won't start, says " ....the file ..\system32\config\system is corrupt or missing. I booted to 98SE and checked. There is a file called "system" about 5 mb and a file called system.sav I moved the file "system" to another place, renamed system.sav to system, rebooted and XP jumps to the XP Setup screen and asks for the setup cd as its about to copy the system files again. (The part that takes about 40 minutes duirng a normal install) Anyway this is not what I want. So is the file "system" a user specific file cause I'm thinking of copying the file from my friends pc.

6th January 2002, 11:36 PM	#2
saba Evil Vizier Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: Melbourne Posts: 2,713	Thats your registry. You have only one option, and thats to format and reinstall. __________________ i7 3770 ; Intel DH77DF ; 16GB DDR3-1600 ; EVGA GTX 660 Ti powering 2*30" LCDs ; Intel 520 SSD ; Gentoo Linux ; RME Fireface 800 56-channel 24bit/192kHz soundcard

6th January 2002, 11:59 PM	#3
snoopy Member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Sydney Posts: 236	OK, I fixed the problem. I had to go to the system restore directory, find the latest restore point, copy the registry_machine_system and registry_machine_software files to the config\system directory and rename the files to system and software respectively. Boot into XP ok, did a proper system restore to this morning's system restore point just to be safe to maintain a set of synchronised files.