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Hello all, thanks for taking the time to read my message. I have a Dell C810 Latitude laptop running Windows 2000. This morning it got the error upon boot "winnt\system32\config\systemced is missing or corrupt"
So I put in the install CD to run a quick repair. To my dismay the disk could not detect the Windows 2000 installation. I have no emergency floppy either. I tried fixing the MBR and fixing the boot partition to no avail. I have also run a chkdsk with no luck.
The extension "ced" seems strange...most likely a username of someone who logged into the workstation in the past.
Can anyone help me? Google has turned up naught and I would like to resolve this issue as soon as possible. If I chose to re-install the OS, would it simply replace system files or do a complete new install?
So I put in the install CD to run a quick repair. To my dismay the disk could not detect the Windows 2000 installation. I have no emergency floppy either. I tried fixing the MBR and fixing the boot partition to no avail. I have also run a chkdsk with no luck.
The extension "ced" seems strange...most likely a username of someone who logged into the workstation in the past.
Can anyone help me? Google has turned up naught and I would like to resolve this issue as soon as possible. If I chose to re-install the OS, would it simply replace system files or do a complete new install?