Re: Windows won't load
From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 03/14/04
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Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2004 07:18:27 -0800
anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
>
>>-----Original Message-----
>>Mark H wrote:
>>
>>> One of our computers won't boot up, the error message
> we
>>> get is:
>>> Stop: c0000218 registry file failure
>>> The registry cannot load the hive file
>>> \systemroot\system32\config\software
>>> or its log or alternate
>>>
>>> Beginning dump of physical memory
>>> Physical memeory dump complete
>>> Contact your system administrator or technical support
>>> group for further assistance.
>>>
>>> I assume everything is lost and I need to clean off my
>>> hard drive, then re-install windows. Would that be
>>> correct? Pointers would be appreciated. This is
> Windows
>>> XP home edition.
>>
>>No, I don't think you should assume that all is lost.
> Here is a link to
>>a MS KB article with instructions for recovering from a
> registry
>>failure:
>>
>>http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-
> US;307545
>>
>>Try this first. If you need more help, post back.
>>
>>Malke
>>--
>>MS MVP - Windows Shell/User
>>Elephant Boy Computers
>>www.elephantboycomputers.com
>>"Don't Panic!"
>>.
>>Hello Malke
> Thank you for your response. Using the Recovery Console
> on the setup CD, I was able to Copy c: the 5 registrys
> and delete C: the 5, but could not copy
> c:\windows\repair\.... as directed in the article for any
> of the 5. I got a message that those could not be
> found. Thus, windows XP would not restart. Ideas?
>
Test for hardware faults, starting with RAM and then hard drive. Post
back if you need help doing hardware testing.
Malke
-- MS MVP - Windows Shell/User Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!"
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