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beast5680:
my pc failed to start today and wont activate the screen, switching on and off didnt work but the screen then came to life and had the following message

windows failed to start because the following file is missing/corrupted

\windows\system32\config\system



is this terminal and is my hard drive toast now :(

C C:
Assuming you are runing Windows XP and  you have a Windows CD you should give this a try.



Insert the Windows® XP Home/Professional CD into the CD-drive.  
Restart the computer 'Press any key to boot from the CD-ROM drive' will appear on the screen - press any key.
 

(If the computer will not boot from the CD the Boot order will have to be changed but that gets slightly more complex)

The Windows Setup blue screens will start and start loading files. Continue below at
After a few minutes Windows® Setup will stop at the Welcome to Setup blue screen.
To setup Windows XP now, press Enter.
To Repair a Windows XP installation using Recovery Console, press R.
To quit setup without installing XP, press F3.
 


Press R to repair the Windows XP installation.
The next screen will ask you which Windows installation you would like to log on to. Normally the following will be listed.
1:  C:\WINDOWS

Which Windows Installation would you like to log onto
(to Cancel, press ENTER)?
 


Press 1, then Enter to continue.
You may now be asked for the Administrator password..
If you know the Administrator password type it and press Enter.
If you don't know the Administrators password it may be blank. Just press Enter.
You will now see a command prompt:
C:\WINDOWS>


Type: chkdsk /r  

Press Enter.  

Wait until the chkdsk command has finished (this may take between 10 minutes and one hour).
Remove the Recovery CD and switch the computer off then back on.
Startup Windows as normal.

beast5680:
Hmm cd i dont appear to have and the screen wont come on at all now (i,m on a laptop at the mo) but that may be something to do with it

looks like it will be going to the computer doctor tomorrow :roll:

C C:
No output to the screen is not good.

Go see the computer doctor.

strapping young lad:
is there no one round you on mc able to help you sort your pooter out?

did you say its a laptop drive (take the drive out and post it to me.. ill sort it :)

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