Satellite M30 starts not-lack file

Help!
Help!
My Satellite SM30-404 does not begin with the words (in German):
Windows could not be started because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
I can see this file with a backup extern CD, but it is short-unnormally (approx. 300 KB) and I can't replace it.
I can't recover the system, because I HAVE TO SAVE a large number of files for the University examinations.
What can I do?

Hello

Here are two interesting documents on this issue:

http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/307545/en-us
http://support.Microsoft.com/kb/269075/en-us

If you can get the WIN XP CD using repair option facilities.

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