help please :major windows config error prob.

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left my pc d/loading big game demo yesterday, returned home to find my pc had frozen, i had to turn off the power button on the p.s.u and re-boot.

then i had found i had a major problem ,windows xp gave me an error message syaing that Config System file was missing or corrupt.

i re-booted, tried using the recovery console and typing in the command *chkdisk /r* .
it gets to 25% completed and says the file is too corrupt and cannot be fixed.

i now try to re-install win xp, but xp says it cannot be re-installed without re-formatting the c:\ drive.

i looked up microsoft support doc 307545,type in 'md tmp' then press enter and it just says access denied,, please help without me having to re-format.
 
hi folks, back-up again.

new question:

how do i prevent "Windows XP could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SOFTWARE " problem in the future ?
 
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