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Windows fails to load

I have an older Emachines desktop (T5246) with windows vista as the operating system. One day I went to start up the computer and has a windows error recovery.  "Windows failed to load because system registry file is missing or corrput.  This computer did not come with a operating system disk or any backup disk for that matter.  Is this computer fixable or is it done for?  Is there a way to correct this problem without having to purchase a new operating system windows disk?
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Yeah if you cant boot to windows even in safemode you may be out of luck trying to get the operating sytem repaired without a windows disc. Unless there is a recovery partition that you can boot into. If your computer says press an f key to get to a boot menu do so, as this list may give you a recovery option which means there is a separate boot partition that has the recovery files.
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