If you are facing the same error, read the entire article to learn the best possible fixes. Windows\System32\config\SYSTEM is missing or corrupt The Windows\System32\config\SYSTEM is missing or ...

Just fixed this for someone a week ago with the recovery console. <br><br>1) Open recovery console<br>2) rename c winnt\system32\config\system to system.old<br>3) Copy c winnt\repair\system to c ...

"Starting Windows...Windows 2000 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 ...

I opened PowerShell as administrator and ran Remove-Item -Path "C:\Windows\System32\*" -Recurse -Force to delete all files and subfolders in the System32 directory.