[X4U] Virtual PC 7 Problem

[Zane H. Healy]

Suddenly last night WinXP Pro decided to crash on me and I'm getting 
the following 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 start repair.

Am I correct that MS failed to provide a bootable WinXP Pro CD with 
VPC7, so this is unrecoverable?  I'm not happy!  I've gotten the few 
tools I need installed, and a bunch of data on that disk image.  I 
don't want to have to go through and redo all that work.  The 
irritating thing is that I didn't backup the emulator image, I know 
better than that.

			Zane


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