Corrupt File nprevents boot or repair

[RayMunro]

I am running XP Pro. on a 3200 Athlon machine. The power lead was knocked out of my pc and when I restarted i got the error that config sys was corrupted. Run setup and press R at the first screen.

Unfortunately as soon as I press R and get the choice of drive it freezes.

If I try to re-install windows then it runs as far as checking for previous versions of windows then it freezes.

I have put the hdd on another PC as a slave and it is seen as soon as windows starts and all files are accessible.

Any ideas as to why it wopnt boot its own pc?

Thanks,

Ray

 

[m33sta]

Try taking out the CMOS battery in the troubled machine, and leaving it out for 5 minutes. This should reset the hardware to the original state before the lead was removed. config.sys is not required by XP pro its a configuration file for windows2000. You just have to remind it of that fact

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