<p>Hi friends,</p>
<p><span>We  have a Dell Dimension C521. We are unable to do a start up. We keep  going to the start up with pick a mode. We have done the F8 key, start  in safe mode, even tried to download Vista again and get \"Status  0xc000014c, Windows failed to load because the system registry file is  missing or corrupt.<br /> Windows boot manager<br /> System recovery<br /> File: C:\\Windows\\System32\\config\\system</span></p>
<p>We do not have the start up or recovery disk. We had  moved and figure it was left or more possibly lost in the move. Can you  help us? We contacted Dell and it is going to cost approx. $100.00 to  150.00. We are quite beginer computer user, so simplified terms would be  appreciated. We have our fingers crossed and hope you don\'t come back  and say it is fried.</p>
<p>Thanks.</p>