When I turn on my laptop, i get the error message “windows cannot start because the following file is missing or corrupt” and then it lists “\windows\system32\config\system”. When I hit “R” to try to repair, nothing happens. I DO have the install CD. I put it in, turned off and then restarted my computer – but NOTHING happens. Shouldn’t my computer recognize the CD and try installing from it? I’m trying to google answers, but nothing is helping. I hit the F8 key, tried restarting in safe mode, tried restarting with “last known good configurations” but nothing works. It keeps bringing up the blue “Dell” screen and then the black screen with error messages.
I guess my question is – how do I use my install CD to fix my broken config.sys file? Does that file deal with the main registry? Did a virus do this? Last night, at 1 am (10 hours ago), it worked fine. My dad shut the computer off normally, and now this is happening. Help!!!
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\windows\system32\config\syste… Is Missing/corrupt. I Do Have The Install Cd. But It Doesn’t Do Anything!
Thursday, January 21st, 2010My Pc Won’t Boot, Shows A Missing/corrupt Ntfs.sys File Error?
Monday, July 20th, 2009My system fails to boot with this error:- missing/corrupt ntfs.sys file. I have 3 memory modules in 64+128+128 configuration. Over the past week, the motherboard was not reading the 64 MB module in memory slot 1. Yesterday, i cleaned the module and then replaced it back to it’s slot, the motherboard is reading all 3 modules, but the system fails to boot, showing this error.
Is it possible that the ram module is faulty?, or worse, would i need to change the motherboard? The PC was working fine before the RAM started acting up.
Also, over the past week, if i left the computer idle for about 30 mins, it would crash. Memory problem again?