DT310 XPe corrupted

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DT310 XPe corrupted

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I managed to corrupt the registry of the XPe installation on the 1GB flash drive in my DT310.  Does anyone know where I can get a disk image of the original software?  Failing that, could anyone give me a copy of their windows/system32/config/system file from a stock XPe installation?  The file got corrupted when I tried to copy some files from the flash drive to a 1.8" IDE drive with the master/slave jumper set wrong.  There's a chance that this one file is the only one I really need.

Is there any way to get support for these such as drivers, utilities, or BIOS updates?
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Re: DT310 XPe corrupted

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Do you know the exact file(s) that are corrupt?  I may be able to help you out.  Does it come up in safe mode?  Do you get a message like 'can't find file xxxxxx.xxx' or similar error message?

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Re: DT310 XPe corrupted

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Thanks for you help Dave.

It's the file "SYSTEM" in the windows/system32/config/ directory. 

When windows starts to boot it complains that this file is missing or corrupt and halts before the XP splash screen.  I checked the directory, and the file is 0 bytes in size.  It can't boot to safe mode.

I tried replacing the file with the one from XP Pro, which almost works, but it gives me an error at the logon screen and reboots.  I'm not surprised it didn't work since this file contains a large chunk of the registry.
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Re: DT310 XPe corrupted

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I have it from my 310 running XPe SP2.  The file is 6,029,312 bytes - is that what you want?

Send me a PM with your email address and I'll send it to you.  You'll need to boot some other operating system and drop the file in the directory.  I used Puppy Linux to copy it off as the file does not allow you to copy it while Windows is running.

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