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Windows system32 config system error on Bootcamp partition
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<blockquote data-quote="yoder" data-source="post: 1360939" data-attributes="member: 235390"><p>I have a Macbook (upgraded memory and HD) running OS X 10.6.8. The other day, I went to get into my Windows partition and got the following message:</p><p></p><p>Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:</p><p></p><p>\WINDOWS\system32\config\SYSTEM</p><p></p><p>You can attempt to repair this file by starting Windows set up using the original setup CD-ROM. Select "r" at the first screen to repair.</p><p></p><p>I tried to press F8, to no avail. </p><p></p><p>Can someone lead me through how to do this step by step from beginning to end of repair? IE: "Power off. Insert original Windows set up CD-ROM. Power on computer," etc. </p><p></p><p>My default is to turn on with OS X so I was worried that if I did the above process, for example, it would screw up my Mac partition which is working fine. So I am not sure if I need to turn on computer, press option key to allow me to select which partition and THEN insert the Windows start up CD before I select the Windows partition? Or do something more like the above? The more specific you can be for the relatively computer illiterate, the better. Thank you!!</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="yoder, post: 1360939, member: 235390"] I have a Macbook (upgraded memory and HD) running OS X 10.6.8. The other day, I went to get into my Windows partition and got the following 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 set up using the original setup CD-ROM. Select "r" at the first screen to repair. I tried to press F8, to no avail. Can someone lead me through how to do this step by step from beginning to end of repair? IE: "Power off. Insert original Windows set up CD-ROM. Power on computer," etc. My default is to turn on with OS X so I was worried that if I did the above process, for example, it would screw up my Mac partition which is working fine. So I am not sure if I need to turn on computer, press option key to allow me to select which partition and THEN insert the Windows start up CD before I select the Windows partition? Or do something more like the above? The more specific you can be for the relatively computer illiterate, the better. Thank you!! [/QUOTE]
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