WONT START - SAYS WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

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PC Repair File missing or corrupt windows system32 config system

Well this means one of important files needed to start Windows is corrupted (it's a registry file).
I'd recommend repairing Windows installation. If you have Windows XP and also the Original Windows CD follow: this guide.

boot you computer using OS CD and at first screen use recovery console command prompt
at command prompt
wait for 10 second and the enter your administrator password
then go to c:\windows\system32\repair
the type copy system c:\windows\system32\config
press y to overright file
and restart your computer

If you are getting this error message first diconnect the printer and network cable. After that disconnect all USB devices.
Then Restart your computer and go to BIOS set all USB devices to no boot.

it is nothing but windows registry error. do one thing in another pc download the Hiren's boot cd from internet, write that file in a cd, try to boot from that cd & repair the registry. otherwise just format the operating system & reload the OS.

Click on start-right click on "computer"-choose "properties"- choose services- enable the ones that are not enabled. This is usually caused by a malware. You should scan it also with your antivirus software after you fixed the problem. This happened to me. Don't worry they are there, and nothing has been deleted or anything you just have to know how to do it.

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You can repair your system by inserting the cd windows xp installer in your disk drive then go to setup mode by restarting your system and booting in the CD or you can reinstall your system to replace new and fresh set of files for your operating system and its services operates normally and effectively.

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this problem occurs when you try to update drivers in the computer..sometimes windows XP cannot update the driver and that corrupts system.ini file as it has a lot of bad entries..Due to this you will get this error mesage..No its not due to virus.its due to an attempt to change system.ini file

Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

That means the System Registry Hive has become corrupted.

There are two ways to get back up and running. The easy way which doesn't always work, and then there is the hard way.

Easy Way --- Note that this doesn't always work.
When you are booting your system, press the F8 key during the start of the bootup sequence, meaning after it does the Power On Self Test.

Once you press the F8 key, you will be taken to a Menu. Select "Boot Using Last Known Good Configuration".

It will now attempt to load Windows XP using a past set of configuration files.

If that doesn't work, there is the next step....the hard way.

Hard Way
Boot your system with the Windows XP Install CD, let the system boot into the Setup. Once in the Setup, choose to run the Recovery Console.

You will now be presented with a screen similar to good old DOS.

First, we will recover the System Hive.

Now, type in the following commands with pressing Enter after each line.

md tmp
copy C:\windows\system32\config\system C:\windows\tmp\system.bak
delete C:\windows\system32\config\system
copy C:\windows\repair\system C:\windows\system32\config\system

Be very careful when you are typing in these commands, one wrong move, and you have, broken Windows XP.

Also, change the C in the commands to whatever your Windows XP drive letter is.

Attempt to boot the system, if it doesn't boot, get back into the Recovery Console and do the following commands.

md tmp
copy C:\windows\system32\config\software C:\windows\tmp\software.bak
delete C:\windows\system32\config\software
copy C:\windows\repair\software C:\windows\system32\config\software