Comments on: “Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt” error on startup http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/03/14/windows-could-not-start-missing-file-error/ Laptop and Notebook Repair and Troubleshooting Tips. Laptop repair guy helps to find and fix the problem. Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:53:36 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: cj2600 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/03/14/windows-could-not-start-missing-file-error/comment-page-1/#comment-139415 cj2600 Sat, 27 Feb 2010 19:28:29 +0000 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/03/14/%e2%80%9cwindows-could-not-start-because-the-following-file-is-missing-or-corrupt%e2%80%9d-error-on-startup/#comment-139415 j vargas, <blockquote>window could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \windows\system32\config\system</blockquote> It's hard to tell what's going on without testing the laptop. Could be bad memory module or corrupted software. <blockquote>We don’t know what to do.. this message appears when we turn the computer on.can you help us.will we be able to recover our information</blockquote> Here's how you can recover personal information from the hard drive. 1. Remove the hard drive from the laptop. 2. Purchase an external USB enclosure for notebook hard drives. Make sure the purchase the correct type. It's either SATA hard drive or IDE hard drive. Here's the difference: http://www.laptopparts101.com/hard-drive/ 3. Install your hard drive into the enclosure and connect this enclosure to another working computer. The external hard dive will be recognized automatically and you can access it as a regular hard drive through My Computer. More detailed instructions here: http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2007/04/17/access-hard-drive-using-usb-enclosure/ After all data is backed up, install the hard drive back into the laptop and try reinstalling software from the recovery process. If there is nothing wrong with laptop hardware, it should fix your problem. j vargas,

window could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\windows\system32\config\system

It’s hard to tell what’s going on without testing the laptop. Could be bad memory module or corrupted software.

We don’t know what to do.. this message appears when we turn the computer on.can you help us.will we be able to recover our information

Here’s how you can recover personal information from the hard drive.
1. Remove the hard drive from the laptop.
2. Purchase an external USB enclosure for notebook hard drives. Make sure the purchase the correct type. It’s either SATA hard drive or IDE hard drive. Here’s the difference:
http://www.laptopparts101.com/hard-drive/
3. Install your hard drive into the enclosure and connect this enclosure to another working computer.

The external hard dive will be recognized automatically and you can access it as a regular hard drive through My Computer.

More detailed instructions here:
http://www.laptoprepair101.com.....enclosure/

After all data is backed up, install the hard drive back into the laptop and try reinstalling software from the recovery process. If there is nothing wrong with laptop hardware, it should fix your problem.

]]> By: j vargas http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/03/14/windows-could-not-start-missing-file-error/comment-page-1/#comment-139405 j vargas Sat, 27 Feb 2010 18:25:38 +0000 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/03/14/%e2%80%9cwindows-could-not-start-because-the-following-file-is-missing-or-corrupt%e2%80%9d-error-on-startup/#comment-139405 window could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \windows\system32\config\system We don’t know what to do.. this message appears when we turn the computer on.can you help us.will we be able to recover our information window could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\windows\system32\config\system

We don’t know what to do.. this message appears when we turn the computer on.can you help us.will we be able to recover our information

]]> By: sgregory http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/03/14/windows-could-not-start-missing-file-error/comment-page-1/#comment-129801 sgregory Thu, 03 Dec 2009 12:27:29 +0000 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/03/14/%e2%80%9cwindows-could-not-start-because-the-following-file-is-missing-or-corrupt%e2%80%9d-error-on-startup/#comment-129801 I have a Compaq nc8000 which fails to load Windows, saying that a Windows file is corrupt or missing. In my case it is c:/windows/system32/config/system, and it is the same file every time I attempt to boot. I have taken out the battery, hard drive and memory and replaced them one by one, with no change to the message. The BIOS seems fine, and no combination of memory sticks/slots seems to help, so I am left thinking it is a simple hard drive problem. I would like to be able to check this but I have no external enclosure that takes a laptop drive. I have tried the disk check that the BIOS offers, and it doesn't report any problem, but I would like to check it out using a boot disk with some more informative tools. Unfortunately, I can't persuade it to boot off either of two boot CDs I have made, both of which work fine on my desktop. I have checked the BIOS settings, and it should be booting from the optical drive first etc, but I just get the same problem as if I had no CD in there. I know that in the past it would fail to boot if I had a USB stick in (trying to find an OS on the USB), but now it does not do that either: could it be oblivious to anything but the hard drive? Alternatively, is it likely that in this state the laptop will refuse to look at anything other than the official restore CD? I know I tossed this out when we moved house recently (won't need that I thought...!), so any alternative to having to find a replacement would be great. I have a Compaq nc8000 which fails to load Windows, saying that a Windows file is corrupt or missing. In my case it is c:/windows/system32/config/system, and it is the same file every time I attempt to boot.

I have taken out the battery, hard drive and memory and replaced them one by one, with no change to the message. The BIOS seems fine, and no combination of memory sticks/slots seems to help, so I am left thinking it is a simple hard drive problem.

I would like to be able to check this but I have no external enclosure that takes a laptop drive. I have tried the disk check that the BIOS offers, and it doesn’t report any problem, but I would like to check it out using a boot disk with some more informative tools.

Unfortunately, I can’t persuade it to boot off either of two boot CDs I have made, both of which work fine on my desktop. I have checked the BIOS settings, and it should be booting from the optical drive first etc, but I just get the same problem as if I had no CD in there. I know that in the past it would fail to boot if I had a USB stick in (trying to find an OS on the USB), but now it does not do that either: could it be oblivious to anything but the hard drive?

Alternatively, is it likely that in this state the laptop will refuse to look at anything other than the official restore CD? I know I tossed this out when we moved house recently (won’t need that I thought…!), so any alternative to having to find a replacement would be great.

]]> By: cj2600 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/03/14/windows-could-not-start-missing-file-error/comment-page-1/#comment-122307 cj2600 Tue, 22 Sep 2009 19:02:40 +0000 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/03/14/%e2%80%9cwindows-could-not-start-because-the-following-file-is-missing-or-corrupt%e2%80%9d-error-on-startup/#comment-122307 mark, <blockquote>I have a problem regarding about my laptop the brand is acer. The problem with it it keeps rebooting itself. And before that it shows a black screen with some options like: last known good configuration acer safe mode I clicked on last good configuration but nothing it just rebooted again.</blockquote> Does it give you any error message before rebooting? First of all, I would check memory. It's possible that one of the memory modules is bad. Try removing memory modules one by one, and test the laptop with only one module installed. By the way, here's how you can <a href="http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2007/04/17/access-hard-drive-using-usb-enclosure/" rel="nofollow">save files from the hard drive</a>. mark,

I have a problem regarding about my laptop the brand is acer. The problem with it it keeps rebooting itself. And before that it shows a black screen with some options like: last known good configuration acer safe mode I clicked on last good configuration but nothing it just rebooted again.

Does it give you any error message before rebooting?
First of all, I would check memory. It’s possible that one of the memory modules is bad. Try removing memory modules one by one, and test the laptop with only one module installed.

By the way, here’s how you can save files from the hard drive.

]]> By: mark http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/03/14/windows-could-not-start-missing-file-error/comment-page-1/#comment-122177 mark Mon, 21 Sep 2009 09:28:32 +0000 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/03/14/%e2%80%9cwindows-could-not-start-because-the-following-file-is-missing-or-corrupt%e2%80%9d-error-on-startup/#comment-122177 I have a problem regarding about my laptop the brand is acer. The problem with it it keeps rebooting itself. And before that it shows a black screen with some options like: last known good configuration acer safe mode I clicked on last good configuration but nothing it just rebooted again. This laptop is my for my work and I have a big project. Please tell me what to do. Thanks Mark. I have a problem regarding about my laptop the brand is acer. The problem with it it keeps rebooting itself. And before that it shows a black screen with some options like: last known good configuration acer safe mode I clicked on last good configuration but nothing it just rebooted again. This laptop is my for my work and I have a big project.
Please tell me what to do.

Thanks
Mark.

]]> By: anonymous http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/03/14/windows-could-not-start-missing-file-error/comment-page-1/#comment-119186 anonymous Sat, 15 Aug 2009 00:37:19 +0000 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/03/14/%e2%80%9cwindows-could-not-start-because-the-following-file-is-missing-or-corrupt%e2%80%9d-error-on-startup/#comment-119186 I also had a missing ntldr(new technology loader). try putting on a new operating system. via boot from CD. it worked for might just might work for you. I also had a missing ntldr(new technology loader). try putting on a new operating system. via boot from CD. it worked for might just might work for you.

]]> By: becky http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/03/14/windows-could-not-start-missing-file-error/comment-page-1/#comment-116199 becky Thu, 09 Jul 2009 06:32:46 +0000 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/03/14/%e2%80%9cwindows-could-not-start-because-the-following-file-is-missing-or-corrupt%e2%80%9d-error-on-startup/#comment-116199 i have a toshiba m105 and i get the message Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: System32\Drivers\ntfs.sys or the its a different file missing: (isapnp.sys), (pci.sys), (ntdlr.sys) or sometimes it will startup just fine with no error messages and will run for awhile then get a stop error message 0x0000000a. I have made me a recover floppy disk but don't have floppy drive, but i have another laptop that has a floppy drive and both have infared ports how do you do that or what type of cable do use to connect computer to computer i have a toshiba m105 and i get the message Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
System32\Drivers\ntfs.sys or the its a different file missing: (isapnp.sys), (pci.sys), (ntdlr.sys) or sometimes it will startup just fine with no error messages and will run for awhile then get a stop error message 0×0000000a. I have made me a recover floppy disk but don’t have floppy drive, but i have another laptop that has a floppy drive and both have infared ports how do you do that or what type of cable do use to connect computer to computer

]]> By: Milen http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/03/14/windows-could-not-start-missing-file-error/comment-page-1/#comment-113303 Milen Mon, 15 Jun 2009 20:04:42 +0000 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/03/14/%e2%80%9cwindows-could-not-start-because-the-following-file-is-missing-or-corrupt%e2%80%9d-error-on-startup/#comment-113303 have this problem on my Dell Inspiron 1150 Laptop . Tried to check memory modules using the memory test; won't even bbot from the CD drive. Is this computer done or worth repairing if it's the motherboard or memory problem? I already added memory before and at the max. have this problem on my Dell Inspiron 1150 Laptop . Tried to check memory modules using the memory test; won’t even bbot from the CD drive.
Is this computer done or worth repairing if it’s the motherboard or memory problem? I already added memory before and at the max.

]]> By: Saeed http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/03/14/windows-could-not-start-missing-file-error/comment-page-1/#comment-89615 Saeed Wed, 28 Jan 2009 23:54:20 +0000 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/03/14/%e2%80%9cwindows-could-not-start-because-the-following-file-is-missing-or-corrupt%e2%80%9d-error-on-startup/#comment-89615 hi, your conclusion about the faulty memory is spot on. I also had the pci.sys error when 2 x 512mb ddr modules were fitted. After swapping them out I found that it failed to boot when one of the was installed. Luckily it was the module & not the board. thanks for your confirmation. hi, your conclusion about the faulty memory is spot on. I also had the pci.sys error when 2 x 512mb ddr modules were fitted. After swapping them out I found that it failed to boot when one of the was installed. Luckily it was the module & not the board.
thanks for your confirmation.

]]> By: vanessa healing http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/03/14/windows-could-not-start-missing-file-error/comment-page-1/#comment-86060 vanessa healing Fri, 02 Jan 2009 21:43:23 +0000 http://www.laptoprepair101.com/laptop/2006/03/14/%e2%80%9cwindows-could-not-start-because-the-following-file-is-missing-or-corrupt%e2%80%9d-error-on-startup/#comment-86060 i have a mojor problem. my son was deleting files from my laptop and he deleted a file to help the windows come up when you turn the computer on called the "NTLDR" setting and i do not know how to fiw it! It costs to much money and i would like to fix it myself if i can do you have any ideas? i have a mojor problem. my son was deleting files from my laptop and he deleted a file to help the windows come up when you turn the computer on called the “NTLDR” setting and i do not know how to fiw it! It costs to much money and i would like to fix it myself if i can do you have any ideas?

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