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slicer15 · 07-16-2003, 05:10 PM

Right. Once again my bloody Computer has demonstrated its hatred for me and has decided to tell me that a windows file is "corrupt or missing". the file is \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM. It says run the cd, and press 'r' for repair. I do so, and it asks me which installation to log on to. I selcet the only one there, and it reboots. That's it. No repair. I have the sinking feeling that I will have to format and reinstall the OS again for the fourth time. This time, though, I need some way of rescuing my other files on the Harddrive. Connecting to a different PC would work, right? Just to acces the harddrive? Please, I am not formatting it until I can rescue my other files. Any help really, really, really appreciated!

07-16-2003, 05:10 PM	#1
slicer15 Symbol of Cyric Join Date: November 12, 2002 Location: Banstead, Southeast England Age: 38 Posts: 1,162	Right. Once again my bloody Computer has demonstrated its hatred for me and has decided to tell me that a windows file is "corrupt or missing". the file is \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM. It says run the cd, and press 'r' for repair. I do so, and it asks me which installation to log on to. I selcet the only one there, and it reboots. That's it. No repair. I have the sinking feeling that I will have to format and reinstall the OS again for the fourth time. This time, though, I need some way of rescuing my other files on the Harddrive. Connecting to a different PC would work, right? Just to acces the harddrive? Please, I am not formatting it until I can rescue my other files. Any help really, really, really appreciated!