ARGHH! PLEASE HELP! PC IS DOWN!

[sparkler]

Not been on here for a while so I hope you've all been behaving lol!

My niece was on my PC before, on her farmville in facebook when she tried to expand the screen my PC crashed (we waited a while to see if it would sort itself out ) but eventually had to turn it off at the socket (and I don't have a surge protector, I no I should of had one :-(.....) When I turned the PC back on a few minutes later, this message appeared....

Windows could not start because the following file is missing or corrupt:
\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM
You can attempt to repair this file by starting Windows Setup using the origional Setup CD-ROM.
Select 'r' at the first screen to start repair.

The PC was fine before all this with no problems, I no she didn't touch anything else as she's only 8 so I was sat next to her helping her!

I don't want to put the origional discs in before I get all the info because all my pics and vids are on it

Thankyou any help greatly appreciated!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Richard1966]

Running the original disks should simply repair the corrupted file. You should not lose existing files unless your opt for a full clean installation.