Repair Windows XP option not to come

Someone at work has an older Dell laptop which has XP installed on it. Windows is damaged to the point that it reaches not even in save mode. They generally get an error message that system.all or just system in the system32\config directory is missing. There are data in the system that has not been saved, no automatic recovery disks have been created. Usually I suggest start of XP to INSTALL XP installation cd, then select press R for repair which restores the windows system and allows generally to existing data. However, in this case I tells me that this option doesn't show up and it doesn't seem to detect that XP is present. Any suggestions on how to fix their system without losing their existing files?

Maybe you should consider:

How to recover a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP startup
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/307545

Install and use the Recovery Console in Windows XP
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/307654

See also

How to Troubleshoot Registry Corruption issues
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/822705

How to fix a missing or corrupt Windows\System32\Config\System file
http://xphelpandsupport.MVPs.org/how_do_i_repair_a_missing_or_cor1.htm

TaurArian [MVP] 2005-2010 - Update Services

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