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post #1 of 5
11/29/08 at 10:26am
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I have an old Acer 1350 laptop. My yound daughter uses it forr school work and messing about. All of a sudden when we try and turn on it says \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM is missing or corrupt!!

I am no tech and can't get passed this. It aslo says use setup cd-rom and select "r". I do have the recovery discs but when i put it in nothing happens.....

You would make her day if we can sort as she has a story for a project on there!!

Many thanks in advance
a confused Steve
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post #2 of 5
11/29/08 at 12:20pm
If you have the recovery disks for that model, put them it in the CD tray, turn off the machine and restart it, then follow the directions.
Note: doing this, you will lose what programs etc are on the machine because, it will revert the laptop back to the way it was when first purchased.
I assume that it is WinXP, you never said. What they are saying, with insert the setup cd, is that if you have a purchased copy of winXP , then you can insert that and select "r" for repair, which will not lose any current data but only replace the missing files
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post #3 of 5
11/30/08 at 4:44pm
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Originally Posted by saugen48 View Post
If you have the recovery disks for that model, put them it in the CD tray, turn off the machine and restart it, then follow the directions.
Note: doing this, you will lose what programs etc are on the machine because, it will revert the laptop back to the way it was when first purchased.
I assume that it is WinXP, you never said. What they are saying, with insert the setup cd, is that if you have a purchased copy of winXP , then you can insert that and select "r" for repair, which will not lose any current data but only replace the missing files
thank you very much
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post #4 of 5
11/30/08 at 5:29pm
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Originally Posted by saugen48 View Post
If you have the recovery disks for that model, put them it in the CD tray, turn off the machine and restart it, then follow the directions.
Note: doing this, you will lose what programs etc are on the machine because, it will revert the laptop back to the way it was when first purchased.
I assume that it is WinXP, you never said. What they are saying, with insert the setup cd, is that if you have a purchased copy of winXP , then you can insert that and select "r" for repair, which will not lose any current data but only replace the missing files
i HAVE THE DISC BUT WHEN I PUT IT IN I GET THE SAME MESSAGE. ITS LIKE IT DOESN'T RECONISE THAT THERE IS A DISC IN THE DRIVE. IS THERE ANOTHER WAY TO TURN ON?LIKE PRESS A CERTAIN F KEY ETC?

THANK YOU
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post #5 of 5
11/30/08 at 6:56pm
When its booting up, try pressing the letter C
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