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Halp: Windows won't boot.

Machine
10-14-2006, 01:20 PM
Ok when i came home yesterday my computer had restarted, and windows wouldn't boot at all. I ran some setup diagnostics and my 1GB of RAM failed a few tests (March test). So i took out the stick and the computer posted normally, but windows wouldn't boot due to a missing C:\WINDOWS\system32\confi g/system.

This is windows XP. Its a shitty dell and i dont have the "setup" (windows) CD. do i just make a boot disk then run the "repair" utility? I think that's what im supposed to do, if so, how do i make a boot disk?
Amadeus
10-14-2006, 02:19 PM
www.bootdisk.com
Crimson
10-14-2006, 09:28 PM
Sounds like your registry is pooched. Get a Windows XP CD and run repair. Or you could find the batch file from Microsoft that replaces the registry within the Recovery Console (that also needs the WinXP CD heh).
Machine
10-15-2006, 11:01 AM
www.bootdisk.com

google flagged that site as having adware/spyware/viruses. =/
Amadeus
10-15-2006, 12:55 PM
google flagged that site as having adware/spyware/viruses. =/
I got a perfectly fine working Win98 bootdisk from there, but that was quite some time ago. :shrug:
TonyElTigre
10-15-2006, 03:41 PM
boot from your xp cd and run a repair
Ixiterra
10-21-2006, 11:19 AM
I have no clue what to do with a Dell, but it sounds like you may just need to run chkdsk /F C: from the recovery console command prompt. If you can get a regular Windows XP CD, just choose to run the recovery console and enter the administrator password and type in the command.