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Wolfy · 02-28-2007, 01:08 PM

System:

Master Drive (with OS): Seagate Barracuda
DRV, SATA, NCQ, 160G, 7200, WS, Spares No 390598-001

HP Workstation xw4300, WinXP, Pentium 3.4G RAM 1G

Slave Drive (No OS): Seagate Barracuda
250G, 7200,

Once again, I'm guilty of a n00b blunder that might cost me a lot of time and money. Here's what happened.

Early this morning I woke up to my alarm. I stumbled out of bed, hit the button to power up my computer, and started heading towards the coffee pot. Then I glanced at the clock... Oh, dammit, it's not morning yet, my alarm didn't go off, I'm just having a freak moment. It was only 12:30AM or so, and I must have been confused. So I stumble back to the PC, and rather than wait for it to power up to turn it off - I push the power button until the bastard gives in and shuts off.

This morning, I wake up (to an actual alarm this time) and repeat the process. When I come back from the coffee machine, I see this:

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 using the original Setup CD-ROM.
Select 'r' at the first screen to repair.

Why the heck not... I put in my original CD-ROM, boot from CD, go through the blue "loading components" etc screens, and select 'R'. then I get this message:

Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed on your computer.

Make sure any hard drives are powered on and properly connected to your computer, and that any disk-related hardware configuration is correct. This may involve running a manufacturer-supplied diagnostic or setup program.

Setup cannot continue. To quit Setup, press f3.

(For the record, F3 is no longer working at this point. I hit the power button to continue.)

Ok, let's follow the instructions. I insert my HP Insight Diagnostics CD, boot from cd.

Run diagnostics.

Every test passes. I'm not sure if it's actually testing the HDDs, because I don't see them listed.

Booting in Safe Mode returns me to the first error, here is the loading sequence:

multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS\system 32\ntoskrnl.exe
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS\system 32\hal.dll
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS\system 32\KDCOM.DLL
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS\system 32\BOOTVID.dll
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS\system 32\config\system
multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS\system 32\config\system.log

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 using the original Setup CD-ROM.
Select 'r' at the first screen to repair.

Soooo....... any ideas? I'd like to save the data on my master drive at least, the second drive is just *cough*notes*cough* and other replaceable shit.

02-28-2007, 01:08 PM
Wolfy Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 3,574	ATTN computer wizzes! System: Master Drive (with OS): Seagate Barracuda DRV, SATA, NCQ, 160G, 7200, WS, Spares No 390598-001 HP Workstation xw4300, WinXP, Pentium 3.4G RAM 1G Slave Drive (No OS): Seagate Barracuda 250G, 7200, Once again, I'm guilty of a n00b blunder that might cost me a lot of time and money. Here's what happened. Early this morning I woke up to my alarm. I stumbled out of bed, hit the button to power up my computer, and started heading towards the coffee pot. Then I glanced at the clock... Oh, dammit, it's not morning yet, my alarm didn't go off, I'm just having a freak moment. It was only 12:30AM or so, and I must have been confused. So I stumble back to the PC, and rather than wait for it to power up to turn it off - I push the power button until the bastard gives in and shuts off. This morning, I wake up (to an actual alarm this time) and repeat the process. When I come back from the coffee machine, I see this: 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 using the original Setup CD-ROM. Select 'r' at the first screen to repair. Why the heck not... I put in my original CD-ROM, boot from CD, go through the blue "loading components" etc screens, and select 'R'. then I get this message: Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed on your computer. Make sure any hard drives are powered on and properly connected to your computer, and that any disk-related hardware configuration is correct. This may involve running a manufacturer-supplied diagnostic or setup program. Setup cannot continue. To quit Setup, press f3. (For the record, F3 is no longer working at this point. I hit the power button to continue.) Ok, let's follow the instructions. I insert my HP Insight Diagnostics CD, boot from cd. Run diagnostics. Every test passes. I'm not sure if it's actually testing the HDDs, because I don't see them listed. Booting in Safe Mode returns me to the first error, here is the loading sequence: multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS\system 32\ntoskrnl.exe multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS\system 32\hal.dll multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS\system 32\KDCOM.DLL multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS\system 32\BOOTVID.dll multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS\system 32\config\system multi(0)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(1)\WINDOWS\system 32\config\system.log 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 using the original Setup CD-ROM. Select 'r' at the first screen to repair. Soooo....... any ideas? I'd like to save the data on my master drive at least, the second drive is just coughnotescough and other replaceable shit.