Re: "Registry File Failure"

From: Marina Roos (marina_at_roos.nodontwantspam.nl.com)
Date: 09/21/03


Date: Sun, 21 Sep 2003 13:46:20 GMT


Have you tried Safe boot (hit F8 while the black screen is there and you see
that message about it)?

Marina

"Don Youngs" <don@youngs.com> schreef in bericht
news:9a7e01c3802e$e02f40f0$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> Woke up this morning (Sep 21), turned on the computer
> (2000. SP 2), had a very difficult message to read which
> kept cycling rapidly across my screen as the Windows 2000
> splash screen appeared. After the message briefly
> appeared, the OS would reboot and repeat the cycle.
>
> The message read:
>
> "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.
> Physical memory dump complete.
> Contact your system administrator or technical support
> group."
>
> What's this all about, and what is the solution?
>
> My hardware tech support says that I have to reformat my
> C drive and reinstall all of my software, losing all of
> my documents. Is there a better fix?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Don Youngs



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