Re: Registry hive problem--saw answers to 10/28/04 post
From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_Nospam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 12/21/04
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Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 14:37:19 -0700
"Dale" wrote:
| Hi there,
|
| Back on 10/28/04, a guy named Tony posted a message saying he got this
BSOD
| message:
|
| STOP: c0000218 {Registry File Failure}
| \SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE
| or its log or alternate.
| The registry cannot load the hive (file):
| \systemroot\system32\Config\SOFTWARE or its alternate
|
| Well, I'm getting the same thing. I downloaded this thing which Dave
| Patrick suggested as a last resort:
|
|
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=56D3C201-2C68-4DE8-9229-CA494362419C&displaylang=en
|
| I put it on floppies and loaded it on my computer and after the last disk,
I
| ran the repair console but it says it can't locate my hard drive. I do
have
| my hard drives on an ata controller, perhaps that is why?
* To start the recovery console you'll want to boot the Windows 2000 setup
disks or CD-Rom. Then *F6* very early and very important (at setup is
inspecting your system) in the setup to prevent drive controller detection,
and select S to specify additional drivers. Then later you'll be prompted to
insert the manufacturer supplied Windows 2000 driver for your ultra ATA
controller in drive "A"
| anyhow, i'm not really savvy about Windows and I don't know how to do the
| following:
|
| If the software hive is corrupt, it may be possible to rename the software
| hive found in;
| %windir%\system32\config\software
| to software.old
| then copy the most recent backup found in
| %windir%\repair\regback
| as
| %windir%\system32\config\software
|
| If that fails you can copy/ use the file
| %windir%\repair\software
|
| So, I'm at a loss how to fix my computer. Do I have any other way of
| repairing this problem or do I have to reinstall W2K? If I do reinstall,
| will everything on my disk be erased? Is there a way to save my files
before
| I do that?
* Do you have any registry backups?
-- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft Certified Professional Microsoft MVP [Windows] http://www.microsoft.com/protect
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