To elaborate just a bit more, when I click on the WINDOWS XP tab in the mac finder, i can locate the start>program files>accessories>system tools and all that good stuff in that folder but problem is those programs arent recognized by the mac so it wont be able to open them properly
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 start repair press 'r'
The problem is that this error already occurred and i cant access my windows at all. I have a mac computer with bootcamp (so it has both a mac and pc harddrives), the pc harddrive being the one that has this problem and that i cant access. Unfortunately, I do not have the original XP CD so that's probably not an option... Is there any way I can fix this problem without the CD, or is it absolutely necessary? (I dont want my parents to find out that the pc part of the comp is broken...). I've tried booting in safe mode with the f8 key at the start, but it just loads up some stuff and then restates the error on the black screen.
Additional Info: it's a Windows XP Professional
Also, I can access some of the files on the pc harddrive while being on the mac (the mac still works, but the pc doesnt). (To be specific, while on the mac, I can open up the finder and there's a WINDOWS tab that i can click on to view its files). Could that work to my advantage and possibly solve the problem?

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