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windows/system32/config/system CORRUPT/MISSING

post #1 of 10
2/18/07 at 6:41pm
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like the title says my windows/system32/config/system file is missing or corrupt. my windows will not start up it jus brings me to a screen and says this. when i tried to stick in my windows cd and repair it, it goes to the blue screen an stuff then says no hard disk drives can be found or anything so i cant even repair this.. anyone have any idea on how to fix this, any help would be appreciated i really need my desktop cause all my school stuff.
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post #2 of 10
2/18/07 at 11:22pm
Just had this happen with a computer at work, it was a bad hard drive. Had to replace the hard dirve and reinstall windows.

Chad
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post #3 of 10
2/18/07 at 11:45pm
Try those hard drive manufacturers diagnostic utilities to determine if your HD is faulty...
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post #4 of 10
2/19/07 at 1:22am
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Originally Posted by sebby
Try those hard drive manufacturers diagnostic utilities to determine if your HD is faulty...


how do i go about doing this?
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post #5 of 10
2/19/07 at 1:38am
Well you first start by determining who manufactured your hard disk...seagate, western digital, fujitsu, samsung or hitachi

You then go to the manufacturer's website and download the appropriate diagnostic tool...

Just find out your HD manufacturer and i'll link you to the utility
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post #6 of 10
2/20/07 at 7:43pm
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i posted on the actual alienware forums too, aw-warner gave me a direct link to the utility driver i needed, now i just have to go out an by a floppy disk lol
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post #7 of 10
2/24/07 at 4:30pm
That's strange. I had the same problem after I restored from a full drive backup. I restored from a Ghost image - which ran fine even after I rebooted a couple of time. After I booted from a linux disc and restored a full drive backup (from an external drive) and overwrote the Ghost image restoration, it was still find and dandy, but after the first reboot I would get the error. When I reformatted and restored from Ghost image again but didn't restore my drive backup, it would run fine (I'm running off the Ghost image restoration).
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post #8 of 10
3/3/07 at 1:47am
I got this error message (along with some others) about a month ago and it turned out to be a bad RAM module.
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post #9 of 10
3/4/07 at 9:56pm
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Originally Posted by Erronius
I got this error message (along with some others) about a month ago and it turned out to be a bad RAM module.
i knew a person that would continually get tis error, replaced tons of things on it, reformated many times...

turned out it was a bad mouse!
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post #10 of 10
3/5/07 at 12:56am
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Originally Posted by The Anaconda
i knew a person that would continually get tis error, replaced tons of things on it, reformated many times... turned out it was a bad mouse!
Admit it conda. We all know it was you
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