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UPDATE! I got it fixed. Amazing what CHKDSK /R can do Man, don't you just hate when it's easier than you think :) Thanks to all for your help though...I learned a lot. Roscoe

or hold the shift key while doing a normal (left) click. Very fast when opening many new windows. I do this when reading the news...I open all the articles I want to read, then close the browser. I am left with 10-20 open windows I then close as I finish them. Just make sure the main...

unknownError Do I replace my current "slave" drive on the IDE cable with the Laptop HD using the min-ide adapter connector? R

Yea, I was thinking along those lines as well. But, if everything defaults to basic functionality, that's all I need to copy some files over.

Not sure I am familiar with "Cable select". Is that a BIOS setting or a Hard drive jumper setting? How do they connect...IDE from PC to mini to original boot IDE drive? Will they work like master-slave (i.e. the mini HD becomes the master and boot drive? Will both PC hardrives and all...

Ah...but that's the second page I referred to in my original post..."Found another web page that used recovery console to fix system" The problem is I can't copy the \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM file because I get a copy error. When I attempt to DIR \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG I get a strange...

Following article??? Di you forget a link, or am I just missing it...?

That article assumes (1) you can get into windows or (2) the setup mode offers the repair option. Mine does neither. I beleive I'm restricted to recovery console or complete reinstallation. R

I use XP home, but no forum for that so here I am. Machine crashed, auto-rebooted, presented message that c:\windows\system32\config\system was missing or corrupted. (Thank goodness my laptop works and is online!) Put in XP CD, booted to setup and repair...but repair option not presented to...