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Win 2k PC Won't Boot

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by jda

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I have a pc on a small network the won't boot I get the following error:
"Windows 2000 could not
start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
It goes thru:
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT\SYSTEM32\ntoskrnl.exe
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT\SYSTEM32\hal.dll
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT\SYSTEM32\BOOTVID.DLL
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT\SYSTEM32\config\system
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINNT\SYSTEM32\config\system.alt
and then goes back to the error message.

Then it asks for the disk or push "r" to repair - neither of which does anything. That's all that shows on screen.

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by aqmike

Do you have virus scanning software on this computer? Either you erased wrong files or you have a virus that is destroying your OS. You can always try to copy the missing files from an existing W2000 computer to yours. I do have to agree with answer 1 though, the best thing to do is reinstall the OS.

by aqmike

Do you have virus scanning software on this computer? Either you erased wrong files or you have a virus that is destroying your OS. You can always try to copy the missing files from an existing W2000 computer to yours. I do have to agree with answer 1 though, the best thing to do is reinstall the OS.

by aqmike

Do you have virus scanning software on this computer? Either you erased wrong files or you have a virus that is destroying your OS. You can always try to copy the missing files from an existing W2000 computer to yours. I do have to agree with answer 1 though, the best thing to do is reinstall the OS.

by pocono

You need to reinstall that file. Do you have the bootdisks needed? Peace...

by dmiles

This error has a number of causes as stated in Microsoft Knowledge Base,for solutions see Article
Q269075

by darabhiko

In my opinion some device or peripheral is not supporting the setup process. I m saying this becaz i had the same experience installing 2000 on an AMD Athalon machine which had a builtin VGA CARD and it was causing the setup to halt in the restarting process.

by darabhiko

dont consider the last comment from me. Replied for some other question in the wrong section. sorry bout that.
For this question I think check the boot disks or my friend u might need to reinstall the whole thing...

by rubencior

If you are able to boot the system to a command promt and access the file system I think this may help you.

Article Q307545 at the Microsoft site works with a similer problem. I was able to use the information as a guide to restore a W2k system that would not boot. You basically copy and paste files from the REPAIR folder TO CONFIG folder.

by sscomp1

I would agree about the virus software, if possible go into recovery if you had made any recovery disks for this system, if not the only other thing to do is count any loss and just rebuild the operating system. Since it does not want to repair, your only option is to rebuild the system and keep a backup of your files.

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