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DeucePatterson
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March 1st, 2006 04:00
Windows XP will not load? Help please!
Hello,
Every time I load my computer (laptop Inspiron 6000m) It prompts for safe mode, normal, or last working start-up. It does not matter which one I choose, they all lead to a error message as follows:
STOP: c0000218 {Registry File Failure}
The registry cannot load the hive (file):
\SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE
or its log or alternate.
It is corrupt, absent, or not writable.
Beginning dump of physical memory
Phsyical memory dump complete.
Contact your system administrator or technical support group for further assistance.
Anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks,
Deuce
I had one like this-your going to do some typing hope your up for this,but it worked for me.Go to the microsoft support page-look up error msgs.I think yours is just like mine,you should see it.Print out the instructions and your going to have to follow them EXACTLY TO THE LETTER.If you take your time and follow them right--CHECK EVERYTHING BEFORE YOU PRESS ENTER-- maybe 40 minutes.
Good Luck
DeucePatterson
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Posted March 2nd, 2006 15:00
Hello & thank you for the help!!I am in the process of restoring it now. I found (on the link given here in this forum) to use the "Ctrl" key and "F11" when loading the computer, luckly my computer has a partion that allows for a total restore. It is almost done, and I beleive this should fix the problem.Thanks again,Deuce
jmwills
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Posted March 1st, 2006 05:00
The Registry has become corrupt and I would suggest a repair installation of XP.
http://www.djdenham.com/Install%20Procedures.htm#Install