Hi Can you help? Toshiba HD failure??

moteor · 09-21-2009, 02:11 AM

Hi I have a Toshiba Satellite, Its got an upgraded sys to a 3GB ram and just upgraded the hard drive to a 12GB - I had this problem before the new hard drive was installed, but it came to a blue screen situation. So i resolved to reload the OS using the recovery CD, and now it says file is missing or corrupt:

\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM

its on an XP pro os.
The RAM came updated with the computer,
I had the problem on the old hard drive too, only briefly although reloading the os by the recovery cd's seems to have worked although i then wanted to buy a new one with more memory. How can the ram not be compatible, cos it was formatted and the old HD had faulty partitions- could this have corrupted the bios in the processor?
How do i boot up into the bios, currently I can only get DOS. I try the boot options, but it only lets you change the start-up boot sequence, as in from disk floppy, hard or PC card. How do i boot into the BIOS?

my god its serious but where can i get a replacement? please any ideas?

Dogg · 09-26-2009, 12:03 PM

The "file is missing or corrupt:" would seem to indicate your recovery CD is corrupt/damaged or your CD/DVD drive cannot read it.

09-21-2009, 02:11 AM	#1 (permalink)
moteor Registered User Join Date: Sep 2009 Posts: 1 OS: XP Pro	Hi Can you help? Toshiba HD failure?? Hi I have a Toshiba Satellite, Its got an upgraded sys to a 3GB ram and just upgraded the hard drive to a 12GB - I had this problem before the new hard drive was installed, but it came to a blue screen situation. So i resolved to reload the OS using the recovery CD, and now it says file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM its on an XP pro os. The RAM came updated with the computer, I had the problem on the old hard drive too, only briefly although reloading the os by the recovery cd's seems to have worked although i then wanted to buy a new one with more memory. How can the ram not be compatible, cos it was formatted and the old HD had faulty partitions- could this have corrupted the bios in the processor? How do i boot up into the bios, currently I can only get DOS. I try the boot options, but it only lets you change the start-up boot sequence, as in from disk floppy, hard or PC card. How do i boot into the BIOS? my god its serious but where can i get a replacement? please any ideas?

09-26-2009, 12:03 PM	#2 (permalink)
Dogg Tech Hardware Team Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: St Louis, MO Posts: 1,973 OS: XP sp3	Re: Hi Can you help? Toshiba HD failure?? The "file is missing or corrupt:" would seem to indicate your recovery CD is corrupt/damaged or your CD/DVD drive cannot read it. __________________ Google is your friend !