topic Re: Widows File Corrupt in PCs & Accessories

Windows File Corrupt

a7med_360 — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:21:23 GMT

Hey im running vaio AR21s widows xp mce, today i restarted my computer afer istallig live update for my Norton, and as the laptop was booting up i got the boot options(which is a first) it gave me the safe mode options etc....but whe i chose any of them (boot widows normally was my main goal here) i received an error msg saying

"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\Windows\System32\Cofig\System"

and i have so much important data on the the driver, i was going to do a system recovery but was worried everything might get deleted.

PLEASE HELP!!!!!!!!

sorry for any problems reading what im writing im using my old DELL laptop and the key "N" does not work properly

Re: Widows File Corrupt

MattWilson — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:26:55 GMT

If you can get hold of a XP MCE disc you can do a recovery on that, which will replace all the system information. I don't know whether you can do this using the vaio recovery medium.

Re: Widows File Corrupt

a7med_360 — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:32:12 GMT

At the bottom it says

"You ca attempt to repair this file by sarting widows setup using the origial setup CD-ROM
Select 'R' at the first screen to start repair"

ive created the recovery discs already of my driver/utilities and the main system recovery, so any ideas?

Re: Widows File Corrupt

MattWilson — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:38:12 GMT

This is where you need the Media centre disc. Do you know anyone who owns a disc?

You may be able to download one through a bittorrent client as you only need the disc.

Re: Widows File Corrupt

a7med_360 — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:42:15 GMT

wouldnt that be saved onto my recovery discs because it hold the OS which is the XP MCE

Re: Widows File Corrupt

MattWilson — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:45:06 GMT

I don't think it works quite like that but i may be wrong. You can use a bittorrent client like Azureus and download this torrent . Burn it to the discs and that should sort you out.

Other than that i don't really know.

Re: Widows File Corrupt

a7med_360 — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:48:04 GMT

Not the greatest fan of torrent here......but i must knw will my data be deleted, because what i hold is beyond important, if some one can assure me that it wont be deleted, because so far even though the windows is corrupt the data is still there but if i do system recvover with the sony cd's this will cause recovery back to factory state, so that sounds to me like a formatting more or less

Re: Widows File Corrupt

MattWilson — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:50:42 GMT

Using the recovery discs or partition as far as i know reformats the whole drive and will delete all the data. Using the orignal disc from the torrent will insure that only the system files are overwritten.

Basically i cannot promise that the vaio recovery will keep your data in tact.

Re: Widows File Corrupt

Blencogo — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:53:48 GMT

Hi,

You have a corrupted Registry and the usual way to sort this is to open in the Recovery Console and use System Restore to replace your Registry with the last one saved. To enter the Recovery Console, you will need to borrow a XP Pro installation disc.

The procedure to follow is shown in Microsoft KB307545

Before you do this it is worth trying to boot into Safe Mode and choose System Restore. This would be a simple solution - provided you can boot into Safe Mode.

Re: Widows File Corrupt

a7med_360 — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:55:36 GMT

I found the solution http://support.microsoft.com/kb/307545 but im not sure how to execute it.... main thing it says:

"When you finish this procedure, the system returns to a state very close to the state before the problem occurred. If you have ever run NTBackup and completed a system state backup, you do not have to follow the procedures in parts two and three. You can go to part four."

but with my experience with computers pressing f12 or just entering the cd will take u to the recovery console of windows......but with vaio it goes to the recovery of vaio ad stuff.

Re: Widows File Corrupt

a7med_360 — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 18:57:43 GMT

i have a dell xp home restoration disc......but all boot options give me the same problem i tried safe mode may times but gives me same error

Re: Widows File Corrupt

MattWilson — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:03:33 GMT

The only way to be sure of keeping the data is to remove the hdd and use it in another computer to copy the data. You probably have a sata drive though and unless you have a fairly new computer you won't have sata connectors.

Can't really think of any other way round it.

Re: Widows File Corrupt

a7med_360 — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:08:20 GMT

so if i perform this registairy repair task i will lose my data?

Re: Widows File Corrupt

MattWilson — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:09:42 GMT

No it won't but it also says it is not definatly going to work but its worth a try.

Re: Widows File Corrupt

a7med_360 — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:15:44 GMT

but will the dell reinstallation of xp professional work?

Re: Widows File Corrupt

MattWilson — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:19:52 GMT

The basic system files for all of the XP range will be the same so it should work. It will definatly tell you if it won't. You need to make sure that you are in the recovery console and not doing a full install or you will right over the data. I am sure you won't but i thought i should be said.

Re: Widows File Corrupt

a7med_360 — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:22:17 GMT

if i recall the recovery console options, there are 3 one if u press enter it will install a new OS if u press R it will repair and last option i dnt remember

Re: Widows File Corrupt

MattWilson — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:24:52 GMT

You want to repair (R) it. This will only fix the system data and not any of your data. This is the only way i can see you fixing it.

Re: Widows File Corrupt

a7med_360 — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:26:58 GMT

im going to run this now but the cd is SP1 that shouldnt make a difference as the main files of the system are still stored on the cd.....my laptop is SP2

Re: Widows File Corrupt

MattWilson — Sun, 10 Jun 2007 19:28:53 GMT

Thats not a problem. You may have to run sp2 afterwards but i doubt it.

Good luck!