PLEASE SOMEONE HELP - CREATING A SYSTEM BOOT DISK

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creating a system boot disk

FIRSTLY THANKS FOR LOOKING... (sorry for the caps - was on my laptop at the time)

OK, SINCE INSTALLING MY NEW MOTHERBOARD (ASUS A8R32-MVP) WHEN I AM OVERCLOCKING AND TWEEKING MY SYSTEM EVENTUALLY MY WINDOWS INSTALLATION ON BOOT UP STATES "WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM - missing or ****** file!" AND FROM HERE THE ONLY WAY I CAN GET MY SYSTEM RUNNING IS BY RE-INSTALLING WINDOWS! SEEMS TO BE WHEN MY CPU FREQUENCY HITS 285 AND ABOVE!

I HAVE NOW DONE THIS 3 TIMES IN 2 DAYS! SURELY THERE IS AN EASY WAY TO RESTORE MY SYSTEM. I HAVE TRIED TO RESTORE TO A PREVIOUS RESTORE POINT, AND GET INTO SAFE MODE BUT NO LUCK. HAS ANYONE COME ACROSS THIS AND IF SO, HOW DO YOU DEAL WITH IT. SURELY I CAN CREATE SOME SORT OF IMAGE TO GET WINDOWS BACK TO NORMAL???

I HAVE HEARD THAT THIS PROBLEM CAN EITHER BE HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE RELATED. A LOT OF FOLK SAY ITS TO DO WITH USB DEVICES???

I NEVER ONCE HAD THIS PROBLEM WITH ANY OF MY PREVIOUS SYSTEMS...OR ANY SYSTEM I HAVE EVER BUILT.

ANYONE THAT CAN HELP IS A LEGEND! CHEERS
 
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Don't overclock over that mark then... it's known as unstable. Oh and btw, next time if you put it all in caps, I won't help you.
 
can you get into dos and copy the file missing to the unc path the message says, or if your running xp you should pre install cmdcons, by getting your xp cd in your drive and typing d:\i386\winnt32.exe /cmdcons
 
cheers for the replys - I dont think its an overclock thing - as even when my previous system was unstable it never came up with that message. However I will keep my overcloking to a minimum for a while. It still wont work at stable and I can even get into DOS. All i can do is boot from another partition or cd-rom.

ill try and find the root of the problem - just wondered if there was a way incase my system did do it again - i did not have to go through a full install.

sorry for all the caps - wont do it again - did not realise it was offensive or anything - just typing on the laptop is annoying!

thanks
 
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this is where the system hive file becomes corrupt and yes it is todo with overclocking..

Its to do with the IDE or SATA controler being out of sync with the rest of the system and causing errors in the data read. Normaly reduce the clock and boot into repair console and run chkdsk /R will cure the problem.
 
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