saks_seany 0 Newbie Poster

ok guys please please help,
got a pc, has a virus, dont know what one i will give all info possible ok,

  • have xp start up disk in tray ready,

  • get to a screen saying' we appologise for any inconvinience but windows did not stat sucsessfully. blah blah blah then 30 seconds later ' windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: ' \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM, then you can attempt to repair this file by startins windows setup using the original setup CD-Rom select 'r' at the first screen to start repair,

  • then,i pess r and computer rebooots and it all starts again saying we appologise please help guys, i cannot take it to a pc shop to get fixed. please please please help