Re: BSOD on Start Up

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From: Thomas Howland (anonymous_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 08/02/04 

Date: Sun, 1 Aug 2004 22:16:10 -0700

Thanks again for replying. I put a XP-Pro cd and i did not
get the normall setup screen. in stead i was given a black
screen with white lettering. i was given three options.
Option #1: Continue currnet upgrade
Option #2: Cancel current upgrade and install XP
Option #3: Exit and restart

option 2 takes me to the XP setup screen. i went here and
then cancelled the install. thinking it would solve this
whole mess. it did not work.

this guy told me his kid likes to put cd's in and being
pressing keys. im wondering if the kid put in the XP-PRO cd
and started a installtion and then turned the comp off
halfway into it.

~Thomas~
>-----Original Message-----
>That's one possibility as the article indicates. Download
a diagnostic
>utility from the drive manufacturer's website. This
creates a boot
>floppy from which the diagnostics can be run.
>
>anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com wrote:
>> thanks for the quick response. the page you linked me to
>> sounds good and all if i was trying to install XP but im
>> not. I installed XP on this comp myself two years ago. the
>> comp has been working fine untill the last few days when
it
>> started to BSOD. im thinking the hard drive is trashed.
>>
>> ~Thomas~
>>
>>>-----Original Message-----
>>>Thomas,
>>>
>>>See this MS Knowledge Base Article:
>>>
>>>"STOP: c0000218 {Registry File Failure}" Error Message
>>
>> When You Install
>>
>>>Windows XP
>>>http://support.microsoft.com/?id=830084
>>>
>>>Thomas Howland wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Im working on a friends computer. The computer has XP-Pro.
>>>>After showing the Windows Xp title screen, the computer
>>>>alwasy gets a BSOD. Safe Mode and Last Known Good Config
>>>>end in the same BSOD. The BSOD message is the following.
>>>>
>>>>STOP:: coooo218 {Registry File Failure}
>>>>The registry cannont load the hive (file):
>>>>\systemroot\system32\config\software
>>>>or its log or alternate.
>>>>it is corrupt, absend, or not wirteable.
>>>>
>>>>Begining dump of physical memory:
>>>>
>>>>After the BSOD message the comp will restart itself.
>>>>
>>>>Is there any hope for this machine or should i just wipe
>>>>the harddrive and reinstall?
>>>>
>>>>~Thomas~
>>>
>>>.
>>>
>
>.
>

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