SP1 Installed Over SP2 after....

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I believe my system was hit by a virus last week. I'm writing from a spare
computer now. I have Windows XP Home Edition with SP2 loaded.

when I rebooted after doing my normal end of day cleanup...on reboot I got
this msg "Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or
corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM"...so naturally I went to Microsofts
page

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545

I followed the instructions after getting to the Recovery Console...and lo
and behold on reboot it loaded SP1 under a new partition!

Now I can't access any administrative logon and I don't know how to delete
this dang new partition!

When it boots up it keeps giving me the option of going to Windows XP Home
Edition or a partition simply designated as "1"

Help! Thanks
 
"Tumbler" wrote:

> I believe my system was hit by a virus last week. I'm writing from a spare
> computer now. I have Windows XP Home Edition with SP2 loaded.
>
> when I rebooted after doing my normal end of day cleanup...on reboot I got
> this msg "Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or
> corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM"...so naturally I went to Microsofts
> page
>
> http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545
>
> I followed the instructions after getting to the Recovery Console...and lo
> and behold on reboot it loaded SP1 under a new partition!
>
> Now I can't access any administrative logon and I don't know how to delete
> this dang new partition!
>
> When it boots up it keeps giving me the option of going to Windows XP Home
> Edition or a partition simply designated as "1"
>
> Help! Thanks try creating a new account with administrator capabilities... then delete "1"
 
"paul2" wrote:

>
> "Tumbler" wrote:
>
> > I believe my system was hit by a virus last week. I'm writing from a spare
> > computer now. I have Windows XP Home Edition with SP2 loaded.
> >
> > when I rebooted after doing my normal end of day cleanup...on reboot I got
> > this msg "Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or
> > corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM"...so naturally I went to Microsofts
> > page
> >
> > http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545
> >
> > I followed the instructions after getting to the Recovery Console...and lo
> > and behold on reboot it loaded SP1 under a new partition!
> >
> > Now I can't access any administrative logon and I don't know how to delete
> > this dang new partition!
> >
> > When it boots up it keeps giving me the option of going to Windows XP Home
> > Edition or a partition simply designated as "1"
> >
> > Help! Thanks try creating a new account with administrator capabilities... then delete "1"

HOW do I do that?
 
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