problems with boot up - system32\config\system Sunday, October 14, 2007 at 9:29 am Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum Posted by cj (3 messages posted) When booting up I am getting this message 'Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt C:\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. My plans to fix this have been thwarted by the fact that no matter what I tell the BIOS to do in terms of boot up, it doesn't have it. I have tried changing the 1st Boot disk setting to Floppy, CD ROM, everything...but it still insists on ignoring it, I have even changed ALL three boot disks to CD Rom and the light on the CD Rom device does not even flash, it just goes straigh to the error 'Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt C:\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.' Anyone know whats up - many thanks Responses to this message: re: problems with boot up - system32\config\system (Rich Kurtz: Sunday, October 14, 2007 at 1:37 pm) All messages in this thread [show all] problems with boot up - system32\config\system (cj: Sun, Oct 14, 2007, 9:29 am) re: problems with boot up - system32\config\system (Rich Kurtz: Sun, Oct 14, 2007, 1:37 pm) re: problems with boot up - system32\config\system (cj: Thu, Oct 18, 2007, 12:19 pm) re: problems with boot up - system32\config\system (Rich Kurtz: Thu, Oct 18, 2007, 5:03 pm) Reply or follow-up to this message Search this forum Start a new thread on a different subject Report abuse of the forum Return to the Windows XP Discussion Forum