Paul;
 There is a backup of this file in C:\windows\repair
Here is a microsoft article on how to restore a corrupted registry that
applys to your problem:
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545

----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul A. Shippert" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 5:52 PM
Subject: [PCBUILD] Setup WinXP with "r" option


> Greetings list--
>
> I am about to attempt to repair a Windows XP Home installation
> on a HP Pavilion laptop. As is so often the case, HP provides a
> recovery disk, but not a Windows disk. (At this point I should
> mention that my client has several Pavilions of different ages and
> is not at all certain he can locate the correct restore disk for this
> laptop.) The message on boot reads that a system file is either
> corrupt or missing. The file is C:\Windows\System32\Config\System.

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