Hi there ,I have been having some problems the last month on how to fix my partners laptop ,and was wondering if anyone could help .
He received this message one day last month - Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt :/windows /system 32 /config /system .
From what Iv been reading so far ,most people seem to point out that I should re-boot from the installation cd . I have the cd ,but my cd drive does not read cd's anymore and hasn't done for over a year now . This hasn't posed any problems till now ,as we mainly transfer things from one computer to the other using our usb stick (movies and so on) . So last week he bought himself a flash drive ,hoping to be able to re-install xp on his laptop . But we are unsure on how to do this ,or if this is even the best way to go about getting his laptop back up and running .
We have read up about UBDCwin ,but again ,we are unsure how to do this - never mind understand It . Im also running Vista ,while his laptop is running XP . So the two computers are completely different (at least to me)
We have a few programs recommended by others - UBCD4WinV360 / CDBurnerXP ...... We have figured out we have to re-boot his laptop by burning an iso image onto a flash drive (bought a 2 gig one for this). But truth be told ,we are useless when It comes to this ...... we barely understand anything said (
) and just plain don't know where to start! Although we have been watching the relevant videos on you tube by yourself (that's how we ended up here)
Can any one help ? Or could we just be pointed in the right direction ?
His Laptop Stats ...
Siemens Fujitsu Amilo
That's about all we can remember as Its been a month since we could last get into his laptop . We do know though ,that it is up to date with all upgrades and service packs .
I do know one thing though .......... I was probably a blond in a past life :
