Need help re: unusual \windows\system32\config\system error

[pbpup]

I have a Toshiba Satellite pro e200 and am getting a, \windows\system32\config\system error message when I turn the computer on.

- Have tried all the safe modes on the f8 menu but none of them work.
- When I try to repair or install xp with an original installer disk (Xp was the existing OS) it tells me it cant sense a HDD. So it exits the repair or OS installation protocol.
- On the F3 menu it can see and identify the HDD.
- Drive is 160 gb
- The HDD has a proprietory Toshiba port so I cannot plug it to an external USB drive to salvage it on a different computer.

I really want to try and salvage the information on the drive by hopefully repairing the OS so reformatting it is my last resort.

Any suggestions are most welcome..

 

[rascard2007]

Try a new RAM stick. Failing RAM causes a lot of errors when charging the OS even those telling that certain files don´t exist

 

[pbpup]

Makes sense. Will try that one..

Gracias =]

 

[pbpup]

Does anbody have ideas on how to recover the HDD?

 

[DelJo63]

see https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic53755.html#9

I fought hard and long to get access to accounting and picture files on my
laptop. The above has links and more links to possible solutions.

Mine was to use a bootable CD to access the internal HD and perform the
manual copy of the affected files ....

 

[rascard2007]

Booting from a tool CD like the Hiren´s Boot CD will allow U to access the HDD (even in NTFS) and transfer the information to an USB device (monting the USB universal driver included in the CD)