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This is gonna be kind of long so grab something to drink, clear your mind, and try to understand what is going on.

I have a 2500xp on a dfi lanparty nf2 rev b motherboard with 2x256 mushkin hi perf. black pc3200 lvl II ram. I had reached a 200mhz fsb oc and it was pretty damn stable until CSS crashed after hours of playing. The temps were fine as I checked them in the bios after i attempted to reboot and nothing felt hot to the touch. I know my PSU wasn't the problem either because I've checked it under full load and all rails looked good. Anyway, after my attempted reboot I got this message:
"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\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."

After researching this error message, I discovered that my registry was corrupt. This link pretty much sums up how to fix this error http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545
Thing is I can't even get to the recovery console. I tried booting up from the xp cd but it is a copy of my orignial and it seems it is not bootable as it does not contain a file named microsoftcorporation.img as this link implies http://www.theeldergeek.com/slipstreamed_xpsp1_cd.htm

So I guess my question is, is there any way I could make my copy of xp bootable without this file or is there some floppy disk out there that will allow me to boot up to dos with access to my cd-rom drive?
 
You will need the original bootable image to boot an XP CD.
DOS wont help you unless you are on FAT32 as you wont have NTFS support and cant log in so wont have permission to access the folders.
You may be able to get in there by using a bootable linux CD but I dont know if you will have permissions problems.
 
umm...

correct me if im wrong but:
DOS doesnt exist in Windows Xp....

DOS was MS's lazy way out for all "OS's" prior to NT (2000)Win 95/Win 98 were actually executables.
 
MrWizard6600 said:
umm...

correct me if im wrong but:
DOS doesnt exist in Windows Xp....

DOS was MS's lazy way out for all "OS's" prior to NT (2000)Win 95/Win 98 were actually executables.
Click to expand...

DOS doesnt exist in XP, you boot it from a floppy.

Its not a lazy thing, computers werent very powerful when DOS was created and security wasnt a priority so it was pretty basic, using FAT then FAT32.
For compatibility, home GUI OS's were built on it alongside the more advanced/secure/stable Windows NT and NTFS that were developed and used for business.
It was a matter of time before MS could switch to NT for the home OS's as well. More speed and memory (at a minimum) were needed before performance could be maintained.
:)

Edit:
forgot to add, you can install XP on a FAT32 partition so DOS can be used to repair those installations.
 
just boot off XP cd and run a repair install... and for the record - there are apps that allow you to access NTFS partitions in DOS..
 
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