Computer in safemode, blocked: "multi (0) disk (0) partition (1) \WINDOWS\system32\config\system"

Original title: laptop won't start Windows XP. Shows only a black screen.

I work on a laptop Gateway MX 3416 running Windows XP Media Center Edition.

When I turn on the laptop, I see the gateway logo, then white text that says press F11 for recovery of the system, but it goes to a black screen. Pressing on F8 does nothing and if you press the power button, the laptop shut down immediately.
After you run the Bootcfg command in the Console of a Windows XP disk recovery, I managed to get the ability to run safe mode.
When I try to run safe mode, it gets stuck at the "multi (0) disk (0) partition (1) \WINDOWS\system32\config\system"
I have already run chkdsk from the recovery console and it did not show anything.
I am running out of ideas and any help would be greatly appreciated.
Hi GreanKube,
 
Follow the steps in this article to resolve this problem:

Warning Do not use the procedure that is described in this article if your computer has an OEM operating system. The hive system on OEM installations creates passwords and user accounts that did not exist previously. If you use the procedure that is described in this article, you may not be able to log in the recovery console to restore the original registry hives.

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