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That Damn PC: Hardware, Software, Virus, Malware, PC Troubleshooting,

Fixing Your Computer in 8 Steps

by on May 25th, 2006

I ran across a great article describing the process for fixing a computer that simply won’t boot because of a corrupted system file. One of these errors might apply:

Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:

\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

You can attempt to repair this file by starting Windows Setup
using the original Setup CD-ROM.
Select ‘R’ at the first screen to start repair.

Windows NT could not start because the below file is missing or corrupt:

X:\WINNT\System32\Ntoskrnl.exe

Windows NT could not start because the below file is missing or corrupt:

X:\WINNT\System32\HAL.dll

NTLDR is Missing
Press any key to restart

Invalid boot.ini
Press any key to restart

Robert Hallock has written this great how-to guide for fixing these errors from the Repair command line in Windows. Have a gander and thanks for the wel written article, Robert.

POSTED IN: Advanced, Command Line, OS Troubleshooting

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