Brian_B
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Hi guys,
Just so you know: Compaq 2100us. AMD 2500+ mobile. Windows XP. I gig of RAM.
I deleted a bunch of old software off the laptop that I no longer use (add and remove programs). That all went fine. I then did a disk cleanup. Again, just fine as always. I then ran the disk compression routine. That seemed to be working fine as well.
I left the room for a few minutes. When I came back the laptop was just showing the "compaq" page that it shows before windows starts.
I finally got it to go through something else by shutting it down and restarting. Now it says that windows will not start because of the following file is missing. \windows\system32\config\system
It then says that I can attempt to repair this file by starting windows setup using the original CD-ROM Select "r" at the first screen to start repair.
I put the setup CD in and I just ran the repair console. It acted like it worked fine and told me to restart. It still won't start up.
Anyone have any other suggestions? I think I am screwed royally. Even If I re-install windows (and get it to work) I will lose all my programs and files.
I also have the original recovery CDs (4 of them). Will that also re-format my hard drive if I run them?
Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions,
Brian
Just so you know: Compaq 2100us. AMD 2500+ mobile. Windows XP. I gig of RAM.
I deleted a bunch of old software off the laptop that I no longer use (add and remove programs). That all went fine. I then did a disk cleanup. Again, just fine as always. I then ran the disk compression routine. That seemed to be working fine as well.
I left the room for a few minutes. When I came back the laptop was just showing the "compaq" page that it shows before windows starts.
I finally got it to go through something else by shutting it down and restarting. Now it says that windows will not start because of the following file is missing. \windows\system32\config\system
It then says that I can attempt to repair this file by starting windows setup using the original CD-ROM Select "r" at the first screen to start repair.
I put the setup CD in and I just ran the repair console. It acted like it worked fine and told me to restart. It still won't start up.
Anyone have any other suggestions? I think I am screwed royally. Even If I re-install windows (and get it to work) I will lose all my programs and files.
I also have the original recovery CDs (4 of them). Will that also re-format my hard drive if I run them?
Thanks in advance for any help or suggestions,
Brian