Need Help Asap

69RIVIERA · 11-17-2006, 08:18 PM

Hi Im writing this for my sister
she has a computer that will not run it was running a few days ago but now when she goes to log on the screen goes blank
when it turns on it shows the compaq start up screen But then it say's
windows 2000 could not start beacuse the following file is missing are corrupt the file number is :/WRINNT/SYSTEM32/CONFIG/SYSTEMced start up option for widows 2000 press F8
but does not open ? she had bought this computer used and does not have the start up disk that it was asking for

please help soon

69RIVIERA · 11-18-2006, 07:35 AM

Please Help Need This Computer To Work !!!

dai · 11-18-2006, 12:27 PM

when you buy a computer if the disk is not supplied with it you are up for the cost of buying it,as you cannot run for long without requireing it
for f8 you need to keep tapping it as it is booting
compaqs usually have a restore recovery partiton,that you access with one of the f keys whilst booting

69RIVIERA · 11-19-2006, 09:26 AM

Thanks I Will Try That Now

Anik Ashoka · 11-24-2006, 11:36 AM

Get the windows installation CD put it in and have the cd fix the problems, I think there is a repair mode...

11-17-2006, 08:18 PM	#1 (permalink)
69RIVIERA Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 6 OS: XP	Need Help Asap Hi Im writing this for my sister she has a computer that will not run it was running a few days ago but now when she goes to log on the screen goes blank when it turns on it shows the compaq start up screen But then it say's windows 2000 could not start beacuse the following file is missing are corrupt the file number is :/WRINNT/SYSTEM32/CONFIG/SYSTEMced start up option for widows 2000 press F8 but does not open ? she had bought this computer used and does not have the start up disk that it was asking for please help soon

11-18-2006, 12:27 PM	#3 (permalink)
dai Manager, Hardware Forums Join Date: Jul 2004 Location: west australia Posts: 59,059 OS: win 7 32x 64x rtm	when you buy a computer if the disk is not supplied with it you are up for the cost of buying it,as you cannot run for long without requireing it for f8 you need to keep tapping it as it is booting compaqs usually have a restore recovery partiton,that you access with one of the f keys whilst booting __________________

11-18-2006, 07:35 AM	#2 (permalink)
69RIVIERA Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 6 OS: XP	Please Help Need This Computer To Work !!!

11-19-2006, 09:26 AM	#4 (permalink)
69RIVIERA Registered User Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 6 OS: XP	Thanks I Will Try That Now

11-24-2006, 11:36 AM	#5 (permalink)
Anik Ashoka Registered User Join Date: Nov 2006 Posts: 2 OS: Windows server 2003	Get the windows installation CD put it in and have the cd fix the problems, I think there is a repair mode...