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June 13, 2008 at 05:05 PM
djohnson2

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

by djohnson2 . Updated 17 years, 12 months ago

Toshiba Laptop shut down due to lack of power while using the battery. When booting it up (a few minutes later) the following message appears: (brackets added)
[Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM 32\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.]

The startup cd (ver. 1,0,2,0) that came with the Toshiba Satellite A65 does not give a repair option. I can choose from
-Recovery of Pre-installed software
-Erase the hard disk

I don’t want to lose all my files so I hope there’s an easy fix. Any ideas?
System information:
Toshiba Satelite A65-S1067 Laptop
Windows XP sp2

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