Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
I did this:
md tmp
copy c:\windows\system32\config\system c:\windows\tmp\system.bak
copy c:\windows\system32\config\software c:\windows\tmp\software.bak
copy c:\windows\system32\config\sam c:\windows\tmp\sam.bak
copy c:\windows\system32\config\security c:\windows\tmp\security.bak
copy c:\windows\system32\config\default c:\windows\tmp\default.bak
delete c:\windows\system32\config\system
delete c:\windows\system32\config\software
delete c:\windows\system32\config\sam
delete c:\windows\system32\config\security
delete c:\windows\system32\config\default
copy c:\windows\repair\system c:\windows\system32\config\system
copy c:\windows\repair\software c:\windows\system32\config\software
copy c:\windows\repair\sam c:\windows\system32\config\sam
copy c:\windows\repair\security c:\windows\system32\config\security
copy c:\windows\repair\default c:\windows\system32\config\default
It all went fine till I got to the 3rd part, first line, copy the system file out of the repair folder. File doesn't exist. So I finished other 4. Now there was no system file so I copied the system.bak back into the system/32/config folder. No when I rebooted I get:
System error: Lsass.exe
When trying to update a password the return status indicates that the value provided as the current password is not correct.
This has happened to me before once or twice out of the hundred times I've had to do it. I usually just reinstall after getting aggravated. Just wondering if this a fix or work around for this.

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