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error message at start up
Name: tpullam2127 Date: December 5, 2003 at 09:37:53 Pacific OS: windows/xp CPU/Ram: dell/latitude
Comment:
at start up i receive an error message; I'm not able to get to the desktop; the error message reads:
stop:c0000218 the registry cannot load the hive file zsystemroot/xystem32/config/xoftware or its alternate; it is corrupt, absent, or not writable
beginning dump of physical memory physical memory dump complete
Name: Chuck Date: December 5, 2003 at 10:26:20 Pacific
Reply:
ERRORS: missing or corrupt : \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM, or missing or corrupt: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SOFTWARE, or Stop: c0000218 {Registry File Failure}
How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry that Prevents Windows XP from Starting
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;307545 -------------------- This is extra info. needed for the above: HOW TO: Install and Use the Recovery Console in Windows XP
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