Wednesday, January 4, 2017

Windows 2000 c windows system32 config missing or corrupted

Windows 2000 c windows system32 config missing or corrupted



I had a problem on a very old Windows 2010 server and I got precedent error and no boot way was available:

"c:windowssystem32config" missing or corrupted

I tried several procedures:

  1. Last configuratioin restore
  2. Windows recovery mode.
  3. Boot from Server CD and going on recovery console and running Chkdsk command

The only solution was to follow this microsoft article:

KB269075

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/kb/269075

I am focusing on more important commands used:


cd system32config
ren system system.old
ren system.alt systemalt.old

To copy the default System hive, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

copy c:winnt epairsystem c:winntsystem32config

To copy the System hive that was backed up the last time that you ran the Emergency Repair Disk Wizard, type the following command, and then press ENTER:

copy c:winnt epair egbacksystem c:winntsystem32config

In my case there was c:winnt epairsystem.bak file that I copied with this command:

copy c:winnt epairsystem.bak c:winntsystem32config

Available link for download