windows\system32\config\system missing or corrupt

[Lewshu 0]

When I boot up my computer I get this error

 

Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:

\Windows\System32\Config\System

 

You can attempt to repair this file by starting windows setup using the original setup cd-rom. Select 'r' at the first screen to repair.

 

When I boot from the WinXP SP1 setup disk and try the repair feature as suggested by the error message I'm presented with another problem:

 

Setup did not find any hard disk drives installed in your computer

 

That is all I get, I cannot get to anywhere else.

 

What am I to do?

 

How can I recover all of my data?

 

 

 

[peterh 1]

You probably have SATA drives, you need to press F6 to use a sata driver so that it can find your hard disk from drivers on a floppy.