"Registry File Failure"

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Don Youngs

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

Marina
 
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