System file restore help

Hello all,

I've been getting alot of blue screens lately, re-installing drivers and replacing hardware to try to fix the problem. Well, things got worse... I cannot boot into XP anymore. After the post screen, I immediately get a message stating:

"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:

\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

You can attempt to repair this file by starting Windows Setup using the original Setup CD-ROM.
Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair. "

It seems the repair setup just starts a pseudo DOS session... I don't know how to repair the System file. I found a System file on the CD in I386/SYSTEM32 but it is definitely smaller then the one on my hard drive. Can anyone give me some direction here, or am I FUBAR?

Thanks for any help.

 

Here is what you type in the Recovery Console
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545

 

Found another thread

Looks like I found a good recent thread on this, I'll follow it instead of using this one.

http://www.windowsbbs.com/showthread.php?s=&threadid=23045

Thanks for the reply!