XP no boot, bad file, SYSTEMd?
i run a triboot of NT/2K/XP and yesterday i found a tip for installing the recovery console as a boot option from the 2000 install disk thought all went well now have a choice at the nt boot loader ok cool today i went to boot into XP and get this error at the windows is starting screan (black with white bar that p ...
i run a triboot of NT/2K/XP and yesterday i found a tip for installing the recovery console as a boot option from the 2000 install disk thought all went well now have a choice at the nt boot loader ok cool
today i went to boot into XP and get this error at the "windows is starting" screan (black with white bar that progresses) :
Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\Windows\System32\Config\SYSTEMd startup options for windows 2000 press F8.
You Can attempt to repair this file by starting windows 2000 setup using the original setup Floppy, or CD-ROM.
Select R at the First Screen to start repair.
and shure enuf i go to H:\Windows\System32\Config and there is no SYSTEMd there is a system file thow
i can still get into 2000 and i asume nt also so pasting a file is no prob, but is that what is wrong here? is not what is? if so where to get file ?
still have win xp cd are there recovery options on that disk?
any info would be helpful havent tried anything yet as i do not under stand the problem and do not waht to make it worse
Thank You for your time
today i went to boot into XP and get this error at the "windows is starting" screan (black with white bar that progresses) :
Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\Windows\System32\Config\SYSTEMd startup options for windows 2000 press F8.
You Can attempt to repair this file by starting windows 2000 setup using the original setup Floppy, or CD-ROM.
Select R at the First Screen to start repair.
and shure enuf i go to H:\Windows\System32\Config and there is no SYSTEMd there is a system file thow
i can still get into 2000 and i asume nt also so pasting a file is no prob, but is that what is wrong here? is not what is? if so where to get file ?
still have win xp cd are there recovery options on that disk?
any info would be helpful havent tried anything yet as i do not under stand the problem and do not waht to make it worse
Thank You for your time
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today tried the recovery console from the win xp setup cd. it apears that there is nothing i can do without a emergency repair disk. got one for the win 2000 install never got arround to making one for xp
anyways i tried safe mode again and this time the ifle was Windows\System32\Config\SYSTEM (note not SYSTEMd) ?there is a 3.25MB file there named system when opened in note pad it looks like a bunch of junk as it should
wile searching the web i found someonr saying in win NT there is a second system file there named system.alt. and u can rename this system and al will be good i looked in xp and this file was not there there is a system.sav althow it if just a few k and not 3.25mb anyways during the safe mode atempt the 2 last files it looked for before giving the error were system and system.alt. in the same location windows 2000 has a system.alt and both files are 3.75mb same same a backup so iether xp is less redundant or i lost my alt and courupted the main at the same time
would one of u XP guys/gals look in XPDRIVE:\windows\system32\config and see if u have a system.alt
my last resot is to rename the system.sav system eaven thow it is so much lighter it may have enuf infor to start xp
any of u realy smart guys here have any ideas before i resort to format H:
[realy long "bump"]
today tried the recovery console from the win xp setup cd. it apears that there is nothing i can do without a emergency repair disk. got one for the win 2000 install never got arround to making one for xp
anyways i tried safe mode again and this time the ifle was Windows\System32\Config\SYSTEM (note not SYSTEMd) ?there is a 3.25MB file there named system when opened in note pad it looks like a bunch of junk as it should
wile searching the web i found someonr saying in win NT there is a second system file there named system.alt. and u can rename this system and al will be good i looked in xp and this file was not there there is a system.sav althow it if just a few k and not 3.25mb anyways during the safe mode atempt the 2 last files it looked for before giving the error were system and system.alt. in the same location windows 2000 has a system.alt and both files are 3.75mb same same a backup so iether xp is less redundant or i lost my alt and courupted the main at the same time
would one of u XP guys/gals look in XPDRIVE:\windows\system32\config and see if u have a system.alt
my last resot is to rename the system.sav system eaven thow it is so much lighter it may have enuf infor to start xp
any of u realy smart guys here have any ideas before i resort to format H:
OK...first thing..I'm not a dick head or anything but seriously...why all 3 os'?
where's the option to make an ERD in win xp?
