Is the c:\windows\system (not system32) folder suposed to have files in it? I couldn't boot into windows this morning (was working fine when I shut down last night). I've put the drive on another system and the folder was empty 
Windows XP home system folder
- Thread starter jpd1977uk
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There are files in there although not a great deal, mostly dll and drv.