On doing a search on the MS Newsgroups, I found this message and answer from one of
the MSVP's who monitor the groups. You can also use this site (also provided by one
of the MSVP's) to search all of the available MS Newsgroups for more info:
http://www2.cajun.net/~theriots/blk/xpf.htm
Does it sound like your problem?
> After the XP splash screen, get the option to boot in Safe, Normal ,etc. Any option
I choose, leads to the
> following error:
> "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
> Begin dump of physical memory
> Dumping physical memory to the hard disk (count)"
> Count starts from 1 and machine shuts down at 90+.
Answer:
You have Boot.INI trouble. Boot from CD, and start the Recovery Console
Use the command 'type C:\boot.ini' ...save the file for backup,
Identify your drives with the 'MAP' utility.
Compare the entries in the boot.ini [operating system] block, with the results you see
from Map.
At this point you may see a way to hack boot.ini. You might try various edits from
backup.
The utilities 'bootcfg', and 'fixboot' may help you do that.
Mark L. Ferguson MS-MVP Expert Associate
marfer's notes for XP - http://www.geocities.com/marfer mvp/xp notes.htm
Marg Belliveau
----- Original Message -----
From: "Larry Scroggs" <[log in to unmask]>
To: <[log in to unmask]>
Sent: Tuesday, February 26, 2002 8:56 PM
Subject: [PCSOFT] Restore of Win XP registry
> After running a defrag, Windows will no
> longer boot. all of the options tried. None work.
> I just end up in a perpetual reboot
> cycle. The POST is successful, the Windows
> startup screen displays...corrupt registry file and is doing
> a memory dump.
> Larry Scroggs
> [log in to unmask]
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