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missing file
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 10:26 am
Posted by neilbigh101
(45 messages posted)
Hi, a friend of mines kids have been messing with his pc now has a message on start
up
"\windows\system32\config\system"
file is missing or currupt he`s not on the net so its not something down loaded,
he hasnt got a clue where the original disc is and it hasnt got a sticker with the
key on, as I do on mine (I use xp) I use the xp forum all the time just wondered
if anybody here has any idea as to what to do, thanking you in advance Neil
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re: missing file -- "messing with his pc"
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 1:40 pm
Posted by gewg_
(3556 messages posted)
|[...]friend[...]messing with his pc[...]
|on start up
|"\windows\system32\config\system" file is missing or [corrupt]
| neilbigh101
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Proper capitalization and punctuation is appreciated in this forum.
(...and the names of **files** have *extensions*.)
There is nothing critical to Windows 98 in \windows\system32 .
Windoze should still load.
When he figures out which of his programs is broken, he should reinstall that.
If Windoze doesn't load, he needs to reinstall Windows
(after he was monkeying around with it, deleting files).
|he hasnt got a clue where the original disc is
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If he's in a position to do so (the OS is still working in a way he can use it),
he should borrow an install CD and copy it to his HDD.
He should also figure out his Windows Product key NOW.
Otherwise, it's time to spend some money.
I'm guessing that the same (no disks) holds true for his nuked app.
This sounds like the kind of person for whom *paid* tech support exists.
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re: missing file -- "messing with his pc"
Wednesday, February 13, 2008 at 4:42 pm
Posted by Arminius
(34 messages posted)
This guy's problem sounds like an XP problem.
There is an extensionless file named SYSTEM located inside the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\config\
folder in Windows XP. It is the system hive where all the registry information is
stored.
I have not yet come across a subfolder named \config\ inside the \SYSTEM32\ folder
in Win98.
It makes me wonder what the kids were doing on dad's computer, installing something
"cool" one of their friends downloaded from the internet no doubt.
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