[pchelpers] Re: Enabling Hard Disk

After reading all that, it occurred to me that some of the most basic 
steps had been left out. There may not even be a valid partition or a 
format on the drive! Have you tried the partitioning and formatting 
features on the drive to see if they work? Perhaps they will tell you 
something useful.

s m d wrote:

>Actually, the exact error says:  
>"Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or 
>corrupt:  \WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM "
>
>I tried the Windows Repair option during bootup but the problem still exists.  
>I reinstalled the second drive and it lists the drive as enabled again 
>(finally), so now it justs seems to be a problem of trying to repair the 
>corrupt System file.
>
>Any suggestions on how to fix this problem would be appreciated.
>
>Susan
>  
>
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