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How do I press "r" to recover from a corrupt Windows XP file?
a) Given the IBM A31p ThinkPad dreaded black screen of death:
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 Utility usnig the original Setup CD-ROM.
Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair:
b) And given I just received the two IBM recovery disks
(and also given somewhere on my hard drive is a recovery
windows XP I think). And given I don't have any pristine
(i.e., non IBM-supplied) Windows XP Professional CDROM.
And given all I want to do is press 'r' at the right time.
c) How can I follow the instructions?
That is, at which point do I press "r" to recover the one
missing or corrupt file?
1. When I try to use the IBM recovery disks, they try to
reformat and wipe out the whole system (all I need is the
one corrupt file).
2. If there is a Windows XP recover lurking on the hard
drive of the IBM A31p laptop (if it was there originally,
it's still there, somewhere, as I've never reformatted),
then how to I access that on-disk WindowsXP to press the
"r" button to recover the missing file?
3. Is there some other way to recover the one missing file?
Please help me as I'm dead in the water,
Julie
How do I press "r" to recover from a corrupt Windows XP file?
a) Given the IBM A31p ThinkPad dreaded black screen of death:
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 Utility usnig the original Setup CD-ROM.
Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair:
b) And given I just received the two IBM recovery disks
(and also given somewhere on my hard drive is a recovery
windows XP I think). And given I don't have any pristine
(i.e., non IBM-supplied) Windows XP Professional CDROM.
And given all I want to do is press 'r' at the right time.
c) How can I follow the instructions?
That is, at which point do I press "r" to recover the one
missing or corrupt file?
1. When I try to use the IBM recovery disks, they try to
reformat and wipe out the whole system (all I need is the
one corrupt file).
2. If there is a Windows XP recover lurking on the hard
drive of the IBM A31p laptop (if it was there originally,
it's still there, somewhere, as I've never reformatted),
then how to I access that on-disk WindowsXP to press the
"r" button to recover the missing file?
3. Is there some other way to recover the one missing file?
Please help me as I'm dead in the water,
Julie