You were able to create restore media. Most opt out and then later this happens.
It could be a failed HDD but is it worth saving? Would you consider 100 bucks for a XP CD and maybe 100 more for a new HDD if that failed?
And finally for ZERO DOLLARS did you try a LiveCD?
Bob
My HP Pavilion suddenly gave this message on startup (from the DOS screen):
"Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM\"
So looks like the registry has been corrupted.
Since this HP has a D partition and ARS instead of installation disk, I ran the "HP System Restore." It said the recovery was successful, but when I rebooted, it went to the same message as above. Ran HPSR again -- same result.
Is it time to throw this carcass in the dumpster?
-SallyS

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