Hi there,
Here is my problem and a mean one: :mad:
I get this message "Windows/System32/Config/System file missing or corrupt" when I try to boot into XP Pro and get no further. I have read all the info on how to fix this using the Recovery Console with the XP Install Disks but the problem is I am in Korea for a few months while my disks are on some other continent. So I have the XP Home which I can boot into and runs well. And I still can get into the partition with XP Pro on it from XP Home.
So is there a way I can fix or restore some files using my access from XP Home? Can I restore a backup of the System file? This may be a silly question but could I copy the XP Home System file into the Config folder on XP Pro, replacing the corrupted file with the XP Home System file?
Hope anyone can help. My XP Home version is in Korean while I mostly use the XP Pro which is in English.(I don't speak Korean, my wife does).
I don't have SP2 installed on either and not even SP1 on XP Pro but I did have all the latest updates from Microsoft.
Anyone have any ideas?
Thanks
By the way, my machine is a Toshiba Satellite 3000 with 512MB of ram and 30Gb of hard drive divided equally between the two OS's.
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Jump to PostSo you tried this:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545/en-us
Of course you should be able to use your XP Home installation instad of the recovery-console - it should make things a lot easier.
You can try to extract the registry from the folder "System Volume Information" as described …
Jump to PostThe first step in the link above requires the winxp cd-rom ! and you left yours home!!
1. Insert the Windows XP startup disk into the floppy disk drive, or insert the Windows XP CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive, and then restart the computer.
Click to select any options that …
Jump to Post@caperjack
The windows XP - CD in the article above is only necessary to backup the corrupted registry and to copy the registry from the /repair -folder to the /Windows/config - folder! Because Yobo has a 2nd OS installed, he doesn't need to do this!
BTW: you can …
Jump to Postgo to accireys then syestem tools then syestem restore and restoe to the day before this happened (if you can rember)
Jump to PostHere's something that did the trick for me and it's much more easier than the microsoft article about this problem: http://www.toughadmin.com/article.php?article=System
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