my pc has crashed i am getting message
\windows\system\config\system file missing or corrupt
i have tried to reboot using original disk but cant get past first screen my cd reader is not reading disks??

Any one who can help please reply
Thanks

your system configuration file has become corrupted and the only way ur going to get this back is to reinstall windows.

what do you mean your cd reader isnt reading disks? are there any error msgs showing up here? can you see your cd drive in bios?

Hi thanks for thee reply
I am getting a message to use setup disks but when i put in cd drive it is as if the pc doesnt now the drive is there and is going straight back to the original message relating to missing corrupted file it is also telling me to place setup cd in drive and press r at first screen but i am not able to get that far.

cjg

If you have WinXP, just revert to a previous setting.
If you have Win2k, you might be able to repair it with boot disks or something, but if it doesn't repair automatically then we'd have to get a little more in depth to the procedure.

i have tried to install previous version date but my pc still boots back to error message

cjg

This may sound confusing if you don't know the objects I'm talking about, but don't be afraid to ask.
Restart your computer and go into the BIOS (press Delete at the motherboard splash screen, or whatever it is before Windows starts loading up. I recommend just pressing delete alot until you get into the BIOS).
You need to set your 'First Boot Item" as your CD-R drive. It's pretty self explainatory once you see the option for it. Anyway, 1st Boot -> CD-R drive, 2nd Boot -> Maybe floppy drive or something. 3rd Boot -> HDD. If you don't have a floppy just disable the 3rd boot and make the 2nd your HDD.
Now, 'Exit and Save Settings'. Put your WindowsXP disk into your CD-R drive, then restart. Now, before your computer begins loading Windows, it will check the CD-R drive for any bootable CDs. You should get a small message that says "Press any key to boot cd". Do that.
Now, once you get into the setup, press "R" to go into the repair console. Log into your administrator account (default password is blank). It should automatically ask you to do this.
After that, you should get a prompt something like "C:\WINDOWS\>". Type in 'fixboot', and that SHOULD fix the files you need to boot up.

I give no guarantees though.

hopefully it will... if not you'll need to reinstall

Hi tried all that was suggested probebly me but pc is still rebooting to error screen i have gone into bios to put cd as boot up drive but still no goo

cjg

did you get into the windows setup and then into the repair console?

no it just keeps going back to the error screen