Thanks Luiz. I'll pass this on.
On Oct 7, 2009, at 5:22 PM, Luiz Felipe wrote:
Paul, some issues are related to faulty memory or hard disk. If she
had access to some linux (ubuntu and offspring) live-cd she would be
able to test memory from the cd system without further damaging her
system.
I avoid xp reinstall on not empty hard drives when possible - there
is usually some junk from the previous systems and often the result
is less than adequate. Would she be able to save files elsewhere and
format the hard drive? It's possible to delete the system folders
and leave personal stuff on the disk, but the system restore areas
have to go, for the reinstallation sake.
Failing to install xp on a blank, formatted hard drive points to
hardware problems or faulty xp cd.
...no guru at all - but have some years installing systems, most of
them from M$. Feel welcome to contact me offlist or give her this
address.
lf
paul stenquist escreveu:
My daughter has a custom built PC. It's about four years old, and
I'm not sure what processor is in it. It runs Windows XP and was
fine until recently. Now she can't seem to get it to boot, and she
can't afford to get help. I'm useless when it comes to PCs. Here's
her description of the problem. Can anyone give us a clue?
On startup I get this error message: "Windows XP could not start
because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS
\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM"
Its extremely common. Its reportedly easy to fix. However...not
mine... I cannot reinstall the system software . (I am doing it
right; however it still wont install). What could be wrong? What
else can I do before spending actual money trying to repair this.
(PS- when I try to reinstall the system software (windows XP) it
stops midway and then either goes back to the error message or
locks up and I have to restart it...at which time it goes.back to
the error message.
Thanks for any and all clues.
Paul
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