ne znam da li je bila slicna tema pa molim da odgovorite. vec mi se drugi put desava da ne mogu da ukljucim kompjuter. kad se startuje nakon nekog vremena pise mi upoyorenje
Windows could not start becouse the following file is missing or corupt
/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.
ovo mi se desilo prvi put prije dva dana nesto je antivirus izbacio upoyorenje da nisam yasticen ja skinem dugi restartujem komp i pojavi mi se ta poruka. reinstaliram sistem, formatiram c particiju i evo ga sad opet. ne ynam sta da radim. ako opet reinstaliram sistem plasim se da ce se desiti isto i opet iygubih sve sa c particije. molim za savjet. unaprijed hvala

This problem occurs when you try to update drivers in the computer..sometimes windows XP cannot update the driver and that corrupts system.ini file as it has a lot of bad entries..Due to this you will get this error mesage..No its not due to virus.its due to an attempt to change system.ini file

Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

That means the System Registry Hive has become corrupted.

There are two ways to get back up and running. The easy way which doesn't always work, and then there is the hard way.

Easy Way --- Note that this doesn't always work.
When you are booting your system, press the F8 key during the start of the bootup sequence, meaning after it does the Power On Self Test.

Once you press the F8 key, you will be taken to a Menu. Select "Boot Using Last Known Good Configuration".

It will now attempt to load Windows XP using a past set of configuration files.

If that doesn't work, there is the next step....the hard way.

Hard Way
Boot your system with the Windows XP Install CD, let the system boot into the Setup. Once in the Setup, choose to run the Recovery Console.

You will now be presented with a screen similar to good old DOS.

First, we will recover the System Hive.

Now, type in the following commands with pressing Enter after each line.

md tmp
copy C:\windows\system32\config\system C:\windows\tmp\system.bak
delete C:\windows\system32\config\system
copy C:\windows\repair\system C:\windows\system32\config\system

Be very careful when you are typing in these commands, one wrong move, and you have, broken Windows XP.

Also, change the C in the commands to whatever your Windows XP drive letter is.

Attempt to boot the system, if it doesn't boot, get back into the Recovery Console and do the following commands.

md tmp
copy C:\windows\system32\config\software C:\windows\tmp\software.bak
delete C:\windows\system32\config\software
copy C:\windows\repair\software C:\windows\system32\config\software

joj brate moye li sta na srpskom rayumijem ja vecinu ali nisam bas toliko dobar sa engleskim inace i prije sam obarao sistem sebi i nisam imao ovaj problem. samo ako moye nesto na srpskom. je li trebam opet obarati sistem ili...