Originally Posted by Andrewheat

Hello everybody,

I'm having a serious problem with my comp and I'm starting to get desperate, I hope you can help me.

Today I started my comp like always, I haven't installed anything or done anything out of normal these last days.

It suddenly pops with this error message

'Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM"

I booted from the Windows XP Home CD and pressed 'r' to start the repairing feature, it then asked me to type what windows installation I wanted to access, I typed 1. But what comes after is a Blue Screen:

"Problem detected and Windows has shut down to prevent damage to PC..."

So I tried to boot in Safe Mode to restore the system at least, but it won't start because then the "Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt..." message appears again!

So..I can't repair it because blue screen comes up, and I can't access Safe Mode because the corrupt file error appears...

Hope you can help me out ....