# Computer hardrive help

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-hardrive-help/171239>\
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**Created:** [December 3, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-hardrive-help/171239 "2005-12-03T00:42:02Z")\
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**Author:** ![krnmikel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/bcef8e/32.png) [@krnmikel](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/krnmikel)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2005, 12:42am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/computer-hardrive-help/171239/1 "2005-12-03T00:42:02Z")

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hey guys when i turned on my computer today i got a black screen and white font saying “windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: WINDOWS/SYSTEM32/CONFIG/SYSTEM”  
i need to fix this. i have files on my computer that i want back. also on the same screen it tells me to go to windows recovery and i did and the page froze. i pop in my windows cd, wait for all that junk to load, and i press R to go to recovery console. i go there and than a page comes up asking “which directory would you like to choose?” so i click 1 and the whole page freezes and doesnt go anywhere else, please help.

thanks in advance.