C:\windows\system32\config\system missing or corrupt

Posted on December 4, 2008
Filed Under Windows | Leave a Comment

Tonight when I started the computer, it crashed on me with the following message. I had no problem with it this morning, when I check gmail and did a normal shutdown.

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Windows could not start because the following file is missing 
or corrupt
C:\windows\system32\config\system
 
You can attempt to repair this file by starting windows setup 
using the original setup CD-Rom. Select "r" at the first screen 
to start repair. Do NOT use an OEM "Recovery Disc". Only a 
valid Windows XP media will work or a disc from the OEM that 
says "Operating System" may sometimes work depending on 
how the manufacturer labeled the CD.

I was so puzzled since I wanted to continue with some work I left unfinished at office, and it was bit urgent. I’ve no time to reinstall the machine or restore it from the ghost file. I googed a bit if someone else had the same problem I had and found a simple solution that fixed it.

I booted the computer with Windows XP installation CD and got to the Recovery Console and typed chkdsk /p. Wala I’m done.

Enabling mod_rewrite in Apache 2

Posted on August 24, 2008
Filed Under Apache, PHP, Windows | Leave a Comment

Enable the mod_rewrite module by uncommenting it from the httpd.conf file.

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LoadModule rewrite_module modules/mod_rewrite.so

Enable .htaccess configurations by setting AllowOverride to All for the DocumentRoot directory.

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<Directory "C:/www">
    Options Indexes FollowSymLinks
 
    # AllowOverride controls what directives may be placed 
    # in .htaccess files. It can be "All", "None", or any 
    # combination of the keywords: 
    # Options FileInfo AuthConfig Limit
    AllowOverride All
 
    Order allow,deny
    Allow from all
</Directory>
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