Hi-

I've got the blue screen 218 error, but this might be a special case so
I wanted to describe and ask if there are any easier solutions than
those posed in previous posts.

I was performing a file search, and I decided to cancel it, but the
windows explorer went to "not responding" and i couldn't quit the
process, and then it hung the whole computer and I was forced to do a
hard reset. That's when I got the registry error. So I'm guessing
it's a corrupt registry file as opposed to a disk problem.

The difference here is that I've got a second bootable drive in my
machine, which I'm hoping might give me more options.

Some details:

I can't do safe mode.
I can't do "last good configuration".

But the second drive boots fine, and I can see all the files on the
main drive.

Is there any way I might be able to fix this problem *without* ending
up in a situation where I'll need to reinstall all my software on the
main boot drive?

FYI, I installed my operating system myself, since this was a
home-assembled computer. And though the second drive is bootable, it
doesn't have all my software on it, so I can't just blow away the first
drive and start over.

Thanks in advance for any suggestions.

Post, or email me at rsilverst-at-gmail-dot-com.

<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote

> Hi-
>
> I've got the blue screen 218 error, but this might be a special case so
> I wanted to describe and ask if there are any easier solutions than
> those posed in previous posts.
>
> I was performing a file search, and I decided to cancel it, but the
> windows explorer went to "not responding" and i couldn't quit the
> process, and then it hung the whole computer and I was forced to do a
> hard reset. That's when I got the registry error. So I'm guessing
> it's a corrupt registry file as opposed to a disk problem.
>
> The difference here is that I've got a second bootable drive in my
> machine, which I'm hoping might give me more options.
>
> Some details:
>
> I can't do safe mode.
> I can't do "last good configuration".
>
> But the second drive boots fine, and I can see all the files on the
> main drive.
>
> Is there any way I might be able to fix this problem *without* ending
> up in a situation where I'll need to reinstall all my software on the
> main boot drive?
>
> FYI, I installed my operating system myself, since this was a
> home-assembled computer. And though the second drive is bootable, it
> doesn't have all my software on it, so I can't just blow away the first
> drive and start over.
>
> Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
>
> Post, or email me at rsilverst-at-gmail-dot-com.

Have you seen this link?
http://www.aumha.org/win5/kbestop.htm
0xC0000218: UNKNOWN_HARD_ERROR

Use this Knowledge Base article to restore a previous copy of the registry.
It is surprising that last known good configuration didn't work.

How to recover from a corrupted registry that prevents Windows XP from
starting
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=307545&sd=RMVP

It could be a driver that corrupted registry data while it was being loaded
into memory. Have you made any hardware changes or updated any drivers? If
so roll them back or remove it.

It could also be due to bad RAM. Download these memory diagnostic
utilities. They will create a bootable CD or floppy. Boot from that and
run the diagnostics. Run at least two and let them run for some time, not
just a single scan.

Memtest86+
http://www.memtest.org/

Windows Memory Diagnostic
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

DocMemory Memory Diagnostic
http://www.simmtester.com/page/produ...c/download.asp

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
| Hi-
|
| I've got the blue screen 218 error, but this might be a special case so
| I wanted to describe and ask if there are any easier solutions than
| those posed in previous posts.
|
| I was performing a file search, and I decided to cancel it, but the
| windows explorer went to "not responding" and i couldn't quit the
| process, and then it hung the whole computer and I was forced to do a
| hard reset. That's when I got the registry error. So I'm guessing
| it's a corrupt registry file as opposed to a disk problem.
|
| The difference here is that I've got a second bootable drive in my
| machine, which I'm hoping might give me more options.
|
| Some details:
|
| I can't do safe mode.
| I can't do "last good configuration".
|
| But the second drive boots fine, and I can see all the files on the
| main drive.
|
| Is there any way I might be able to fix this problem *without* ending
| up in a situation where I'll need to reinstall all my software on the
| main boot drive?
|
| FYI, I installed my operating system myself, since this was a
| home-assembled computer. And though the second drive is bootable, it
| doesn't have all my software on it, so I can't just blow away the first
| drive and start over.
|
| Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
|
| Post, or email me at rsilverst-at-gmail-dot-com.
|

i accidentally posted to the wrong group, and removed my original post
and replaced it here. i'd put it in a windows 2000 group and then
realized my mistake.

Dave Patrick wrote:
> multi-posted
>
> --
>
> Regards,
>
> Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
> Microsoft Certified Professional
> Microsoft MVP [Windows]
> http://www.microsoft.com/protect
>
> <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> | Hi-
> |
> | I've got the blue screen 218 error, but this might be a special case so
> | I wanted to describe and ask if there are any easier solutions than
> | those posed in previous posts.
> |
> | I was performing a file search, and I decided to cancel it, but the
> | windows explorer went to "not responding" and i couldn't quit the
> | process, and then it hung the whole computer and I was forced to do a
> | hard reset. That's when I got the registry error. So I'm guessing
> | it's a corrupt registry file as opposed to a disk problem.
> |
> | The difference here is that I've got a second bootable drive in my
> | machine, which I'm hoping might give me more options.
> |
> | Some details:
> |
> | I can't do safe mode.
> | I can't do "last good configuration".
> |
> | But the second drive boots fine, and I can see all the files on the
> | main drive.
> |
> | Is there any way I might be able to fix this problem *without* ending
> | up in a situation where I'll need to reinstall all my software on the
> | main boot drive?
> |
> | FYI, I installed my operating system myself, since this was a
> | home-assembled computer. And though the second drive is bootable, it
> | doesn't have all my software on it, so I can't just blow away the first
> | drive and start over.
> |
> | Thanks in advance for any suggestions.
> |
> | Post, or email me at rsilverst-at-gmail-dot-com.
> |