Got it (i think)

Well I let the system reboot itself over and over and went to make tea.
Came back 10 minutes later and it was up.

I removed the last 2 programs I had installed (Easy CD Creator and TweakUI).

Keeping fingers crossed.




"SHRED" wrote in message
...
Also,
When I try to boot from XP CD I get a note that states the
hard drive could not be found even though it shows up in
the BIOS and start-up screen.

I am stuck with nowhere to boot to.

thanks again

-----Original Message-----

My other computer won't boot. I get the following blue
screen:

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 writeable.

Microsoft Knowledge Center was no help.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;104203

My system:

WinXP
P4 2.53
Intel D845PEBT2 mobo
1g Crucial 333 DDR
80g Seagate Serial ATA HD
Leadtek g4 4200
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz soundcard

Thanks
.

If not:

Go to Recovery Console and type:

cd system32\config
ren system system.old
ren system.alt systemalt.old
copy c:\windows\repair\system
copy c:\windows\repair\regback\system
exit

--
All the Best,
Kelly

MS-MVP Win98/XP [AE-Windows® XP]
Troubleshooting Windows XP
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"SHRED" wrote in message
news:yncna.235$366.1@fed1read06...
Well I let the system reboot itself over and over and went to make tea.
Came back 10 minutes later and it was up.

I removed the last 2 programs I had installed (Easy CD Creator and
TweakUI).

Keeping fingers crossed.




"SHRED" wrote in message
...
Also,
When I try to boot from XP CD I get a note that states the
hard drive could not be found even though it shows up in
the BIOS and start-up screen.

I am stuck with nowhere to boot to.

thanks again

-----Original Message-----

My other computer won't boot. I get the following blue
screen:

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 writeable.

Microsoft Knowledge Center was no help.
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-
us;104203

My system:

WinXP
P4 2.53
Intel D845PEBT2 mobo
1g Crucial 333 DDR
80g Seagate Serial ATA HD
Leadtek g4 4200
Turtle Beach Santa Cruz soundcard

Thanks
.