if it's giving him the error he posted originally

Quote:

windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
windows\system32\config\system




, he will not be able to boot into safe mode, command prompt, or anything else.

double edit: the drive you bought is most likely not new unless they opened it right in front of you. Nobody even sells 40gb's any more. Hell I pay $58 for 80GB's from my vendor and I could probably do better than that if I tried.

Last edited by TGO; 12/02/05 02:27 AM.

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