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I have a verry similar situation found this thread through a search, maybe this info may help you and maybe someone can use it to fix our problem yesterday I went to windows update and there was the Windows 2000 Security Rollup Package jan. 2002 so I installed it and the last part of the install there was a page with a "reboot now" box that was checked and greyed out so I clicked next expecting an automatic reboot......nope just went to the desktop so I rebooted manualy and got to the same point,(logo screan with almost all the progress bar completed) and bam ***stop 0x0 ect..... KMODE_execption...ect. , no file listed this happens on every normal boot atempt I can get in fine in safe mode/safemode with networking/ and the kicker debuging mode in debuging mode all drivers apear to load all my startup programs load it apears to be identical to a normal boot , from what I understand debigging mode just sends info to another computer through serial port (I do not have such connected) I tried uninstalling the security rollup no change (the error is identical every time including the adress) I reinstalled the security rollup, (goot a good reboot this time) no change, disabled my mouse, no good, (installed new earlier that morning but it rebooted fine after thiat until I did the update) 1. what is diffrent about debuging mode? if I knew this it may help me to repair 2. any idea on a fix? thank you for your time

i run a triboot of NT/2K/XP and yesterday i found a tip for installing the recovery console as a boot option from the 2000 install disk thought all went well now have a choice at the nt boot loader ok cool today i went to boot into XP and get this error at the "windows is starting" screan (black with white bar that progresses) : Windows 2000 could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \Windows\System32\Config\SYSTEMd startup options for windows 2000 press F8. You Can attempt to repair this file by starting windows 2000 setup using the original setup Floppy, or CD-ROM. Select R at the First Screen to start repair. and shure enuf i go to H:\Windows\System32\Config and there is no SYSTEMd there is a system file thow i can still get into 2000 and i asume nt also so pasting a file is no prob, but is that what is wrong here? is not what is? if so where to get file ? still have win xp cd are there recovery options on that disk? any info would be helpful havent tried anything yet as i do not under stand the problem and do not waht to make it worse Thank You for your time

update w/more info [realy long "bump"] today tried the recovery console from the win xp setup cd. it apears that there is nothing i can do without a emergency repair disk. got one for the win 2000 install never got arround to making one for xp anyways i tried safe mode again and this time the ifle was Windows\System32\Config\SYSTEM (note not SYSTEMd) ?there is a 3.25MB file there named system when opened in note pad it looks like a bunch of junk as it should wile searching the web i found someonr saying in win NT there is a second system file there named system.alt. and u can rename this system and al will be good i looked in xp and this file was not there there is a system.sav althow it if just a few k and not 3.25mb anyways during the safe mode atempt the 2 last files it looked for before giving the error were system and system.alt. in the same location windows 2000 has a system.alt and both files are 3.75mb same same a backup so iether xp is less redundant or i lost my alt and courupted the main at the same time would one of u XP guys/gals look in XPDRIVE:\windows\system32\config and see if u have a system.alt my last resot is to rename the system.sav system eaven thow it is so much lighter it may have enuf infor to start xp any of u realy smart guys here have any ideas before i resort to format H: