Error message on startup “Windows\System32\config\system” file missing or corrupt

You teach me more and more every day.
thanks alots.

Hi, How do i boot using the Windows Setup CD, I have the disc, i put it in i turn the computer on and then it comes up with the error. I need to know how to boot using the CD.
Please help, i want to fix my computer urgently.

Thanks,
Awaiting your reply.

forget about my first comment, now i have booted from the CD and i have opened the recovery console when i type %windir%\Repair\system%windir%\System32 it says “The system cannot find the file specified” what do i do??
Please help me i really need help urgently.

THanks

I used the following commands to repair the config file in XP. Now when the pc reboots it asks me to select the OS from a list. The first one in the list is blank and the second one says it is Windows XP. How do I make this boot directly into windows without having to select and enter from a list.

Thanks in advance.

hi every body,

i am munsif ali. I recently purchased omni tech pc, and got installed windows xp professional version 2002. my computer p-3, speed 650 mhz and 128 ram memory.

I have had excellent experience studying different dialogue boxes about system, self-repair, customization etc. i amso involved with it that ijust have started research studying each and every concept of computer”s integrated service. It is my hobby that i explain today’s modern computer with all peripherals attached to a person who knows local language. I am looking forward to introduce modern p-3 computers with windows xp installed in local language. so the first very basic terms are hardware, software, program, system , files, folders, booting etc, and desktop icon explainations. However my literature is in progress.

i frequently refer to system configuration utility, and learned that safe mode helps remove certain malware viruses, spyware, trojans, key loggers,adware etc, which willalso be the basic terminology, I amgonna introduce in my book.

however at the moment i do not have internet cable connection, but one day i observed increase in free space of hard disk c. My computer was showing 777 MB free space, and I had very few things stored on my document, such as 8 songs, a 70 KB text and computer literature which i installed from cd.

i used safe boot using system configuration utility from remote assistance. Later i found that free space on my hard disk had become 1 GB, i do not know , what data occupied 230 MB of space earlier, however I did not lose anything, my computer is still working perfectly.

hoping someone will explain,

munsif,
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pakistan

hey i need the disk i dont have it so i need to find the disk were can i find it?