Hi George Many thanks for your prompt reply - I shall do as you suggest and shall keep you informed of my progress. All appendages crossed!!! John ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 10:48 PM Subject: [access-uk] Re: Missing or corrupt file > Hi John, > > Since the system will not load, you will need some sighted > help. > > When you power the system up, tap the F8 key repeatedly and > quickly. Eventually a menu screen will come up. You ask > your sighted person to select "Last known configuration", > and might be lucky. > > Otherwise get them to select "Safe Mode". When the system > boots up, there will be no speech. So sighted Help now > needs to go to Start, Help & Support, and then, "Undo > changes with System Restore". > > All being well, it should be intuitive from there in > selecting a date to restore from. > > George. > > -----Original Message----- > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John Snowdon > Sent: 17 January 2005 18:09 > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Missing or corrupt file > > Hi George > > Thanks - at the risk of sounding foolish, how do I use > system restore as Windows does not load? > HTH > John > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "George Bell" <george@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Monday, January 17, 2005 5:53 PM > Subject: [access-uk] Re: Missing or corrupt file > > > > Hi John, > > > > Reformatting is rather a drastic measure. You could do a > system > > Restore, and at least then would not loose any data. > > > > George. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > [mailto:access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John > Snowdon > > > Sent: 17 January 2005 17:41 > > > To: access-uk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: [access-uk] Missing or corrupt file > > > > > > Hi list > > > For the past few months I have been having a recurring > problem with > > > my computer. > > > I'm using XP Pro SP1, N.I.S 2004, W.E 4.5. Everything > > runs > > > well for a few weeks and when at boot-up I get the > > following > > > message:- Windows cannot load as the file > > > \windows\system32\config\system is missing or corrupt. > I have tried > > > to repair this file - unsuccessfully with the result > that each time > > > this fault occurs I just re-format. > > > > > Perhaps someone can help. > > > > > > HTH > > > John > > > > > > > > > ** To leave the list, send a message to:- > > > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > ** and in the Subject line type > > > ** unsubscribe > > > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a > > message, to > > > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- > faq > > > > > > > > > > > This Message has been scanned for viruses by McAfee > Groupshield. > > ** To leave the list, send a message to:- > > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > ** and in the Subject line type > > ** unsubscribe > > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a > message, to > > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > > > ** To leave the list, send a message to:- > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a > message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > > > > This Message has been scanned for viruses by McAfee Groupshield. > ** To leave the list, send a message to:- > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > ** and in the Subject line type > ** unsubscribe > ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a message, to > ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq > ** To leave the list, send a message to:- ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx ** and in the Subject line type ** unsubscribe ** For other list commands such as vacation mode, send a message, to ** access-uk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the Subject:- faq