Hey Guys,
I've recently reformatted my computer and purchased some new hardware components (HDD, motherboard, video card, RAM, PSU). Had everything working nicely for about a week until I noticed one of my personal files had been corrupted.
Went to delete but it wouldn't allow me to delete - so tried to boot into safe mode with networking F8. Got error message Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
Tried rebooting PC and it just won't get past that, whether I try pressing F8 or if i leave it to boot.
I had Windows running on my E: which is my new HDD. My old HDD was reformatted and just acting for data storage (C.
I've tried putting in the Windows XP disk I used to install it last week and it was unable to repair due to The system registry does not appear to have an active control set key, the system registry may be damaged.
I've run chkdsk /r scans and that wasn't able to resolve the issue.
I've seen advice which recommended choosing install from the boot disc, and then having that repair - but there was no repair option after agreeing to the licence.
Currently, I've got Windows XP (fresh install with none of my usual drivers) on my C: and was wondering if I can just copy the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM from C: to E:? I can access my E: now and see all the files/folders but I can't boot into Windows on it.
Is it possible to do this, and will there be any issues? Or do you have any other suggestions?
I've recently reformatted my computer and purchased some new hardware components (HDD, motherboard, video card, RAM, PSU). Had everything working nicely for about a week until I noticed one of my personal files had been corrupted.
Went to delete but it wouldn't allow me to delete - so tried to boot into safe mode with networking F8. Got error message Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
Tried rebooting PC and it just won't get past that, whether I try pressing F8 or if i leave it to boot.
I had Windows running on my E: which is my new HDD. My old HDD was reformatted and just acting for data storage (C.
I've tried putting in the Windows XP disk I used to install it last week and it was unable to repair due to The system registry does not appear to have an active control set key, the system registry may be damaged.
I've run chkdsk /r scans and that wasn't able to resolve the issue.
I've seen advice which recommended choosing install from the boot disc, and then having that repair - but there was no repair option after agreeing to the licence.
Currently, I've got Windows XP (fresh install with none of my usual drivers) on my C: and was wondering if I can just copy the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM from C: to E:? I can access my E: now and see all the files/folders but I can't boot into Windows on it.
Is it possible to do this, and will there be any issues? Or do you have any other suggestions?