Computer was running really really slow with all processing late last night.
I had to do a hard shut down, I got mad due to being hard to do a regular restart.
I tried to restart it a minute or two later. This is a desktop computer, emachine, I know not top quality, it's just one of my other computers.
When you try to restart it, which I have tried 4 or 5 different times
it reads:
windows can't start
file missing or corrupt
\windows\system32\config\system
it's a black screen and you hit the r for repair it just does it all over again
it wants the original c/d which I had probably 18 months ago, not sure where that is right not.
I am not super technical when it comes to pulling the computer apart etc.
What do I do to get this thing running again, maybe I'll save a few of the files when I get it back up.
This is windows xp and 1 of the profiles went corrupt about 3 months ago and almost did again a few days ago.
Besides shoot myself and throw it in the garbage, can I get some helpful advice?
