(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); OK i have a desktop with windows xp installed on it but when cut it on it goes to a screen that say
\windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \windows\system32\config\system

you can attempt to repair this file by starting windows setup using the original setup CD-ROM.

but the only thing is that it didn't come with the windows setup disk plus i cant go into the bios page when i F2 it wouldn't do anything

if anybody could help please thanks

aweee dude you need windows xp disk to fix this....when I was a SR in High School my old Spanish teachers laptop had this same problem....tho we had the XP disk....it fixed it when I put the xp disk in...fixed it for sure and everything was fine....so the only way to fix is the disk.

I hate it bro your PC is finished unless you can DL Windows XP from somewhere else...burn it to a Disk and pop it in there and fix it. Or if you know someone with a XP disk you can use it to replace the missing file
Cuase I know it wont let you do anything unless you replace the missing file

Hope this helps

MAN now im mad i don't know anybody that have it if you can link me to a dl link for it i would be happy plus im trying to put it on my external hdd is there anyway to do that

Ok ummm you will need utorrent to DL it and do you have SP 3? The only way to install it to a external and it work you have to configure ur pc to boot windows from the external and it might not be super responsive cause it would be trying to boot and run windows from a USB and thats not fast like 5200rpms+ like normally

i've dl utorrent but i dont know if i got SP 3

you dont know if you have service pack 3 on xp?

it should had to send to a repair shop one time for a virus but it should have it

yea sp3 is just the latest update for the xp. As in if u installed the original xp.. it would just update back to sp3.

So can you go to the screen to boot via hdd or cd??
depending on what u end up using to reinstall/repair

Go download a windows xp from like... isohunt.

And either burn that to a cd.. or put it on your external hdd.

So if u want too keep your pc files..
first try and use the repair option to fix your problem

If that fails... go to the install (may be called restore) option and partition the new OS onto the external hdd (may ask you to convert the hdd to another format eg NTSC)

Let it do its work... (will take a while since its external hdd) and let it boot up.

First of all try and access and files that u want and put the onto another thumbdrive or external hdd.. if you dont really care for them then click on computer

and navigate to the folder you need to replace.. eg. C:\Windows\System32\config
(just copy and paste that into your top bar)

From that copy either just the system file or the whole config folder... and then navigate back to your original PC hdd and find the same location then paste folder/file in correct spot.

shutdown computer. Unplug hdd. Turn pc back on. Hopefully resolved problem

alternatively... going back to where i said partition hdd... you could do it on your actual pc hdd..This will still retain your files/folder/work/everything and it will be put in a folder called windows.old BUT if your using a downloaded version of windows... you might be unluky and the key u put in wont be valid and therefore your new windows wont work properly.

Hence why doing it on the portable hdd is better, once finished just format external hdd.

You have to do just as the message tells you.

You will need to boot with a windows CD and go in Repair mode. if I remember I think they call it the microsoft windows recovery console. Been quite a while since I had to use it. But basictly you only need to do repair when you boot with thw windows CD.

Once it starts it will prompt a black windows just like a dos command prompt.

Normally... in the error message it should tells you which files / folder is missing or corrupter. In the console you will be able to acces to the contect in the CD in the windoes folder there will be a folder called repair.

This is where you will copy the missing/corrupted file from the CD and put it in your system. This will fix your problem.

If I answered correctly let me know if you need more details. Been a while but I could give you a website that tells you step by step what you gotta do.

Because if I understand your problem correctly you SHOULDNT be able to boot your pc.

I'll see you later

Wow you guys are late...ive already told him what he has to do. He just needs to download windows xp