{"id":30862,"date":"2006-10-24T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2006-10-24T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/?p=30862"},"modified":"2012-04-12T15:14:37","modified_gmt":"2012-04-12T15:14:37","slug":"message-windows-xp-system-file-missing-corrupt-need-reinstall","status":"publish","type":"articles","link":"https:\/\/www.sweetwater.com\/sweetcare\/articles\/message-windows-xp-system-file-missing-corrupt-need-reinstall\/","title":{"rendered":"I got a message in Windows XP that a system file is missing or corrupt.  Do I need to reinstall Windows?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Not necessarily.  You may want to try a repair installation of Windows first.  To do this, follow these instructions:<\/p>\n<p>1. Locate your Windows XP CD and insert it in your CD drive.<br \/>2. Boot from the CD.  If your computer is not configured to do this automatically, you may need to tap F8 while the computer is booting up.<br \/>3. 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If the repair installation does not help, then you will probably have to reinstall Windows.<\/p>\n<p>If this does not help, and you are using a Creation Station, you may need to run Acronis.  please see article number 29388 for more details.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","categories":[],"tags":[35746,35973],"storecat":[],"itemids":[],"manufacturers":[],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v17.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Check out the I got a message in Windows XP that a system file is missing or corrupt.  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