booting problem

[devlish96]

has anybody experienced this with WinXP Pro?

I had this problem with my second pc....i got frustrated that i reformatted my HD.

Anyway,...when I restarted... windows won't boot ...it indicated that C:\windows\system32\config..(or something like that) cannot be loaded or corrupt...and that i had to boot from the original installation disk and go to the recovery console....I did what it told me to do,..however i wasn't pretty sure what i was supposed when i'm already in the recovery console,...i tried fixmbr,...windows still won't boot...got frustrated and just reinstalled windows. anyway,..has experienced this and got around the problem effectively?

 

[Shakie]

I haven't seen this problem, but you should have been able to fix it from the Recovery Console by copying the file from your CD to the correct location on the HDD.

 

[devlish96]

oh,..ic. LOL! just imagine all the trouble i went through reinstalling all those software and updating. ...thanks man! i'll give it a shot next time....not that i want it to happen again

 

[Rick Schafer]

So how does one run the system recovery. I got to the screen where you do it, but I dont know what to do once I get there. Please be very specific and walk me through this, I am very illiterate on the pc.

 

[Quantum]

Best to search for winxp recovery console and you'll get a list of commands. Also find the location of the file on the CD if you copy it. usually but not always works, use chkdsk.

 

[Rick Schafer]

Been there, done that, time to reformat and reinstall the os....screw it!

 

[Quantum]

Gotta love Microsoft's tools.