crash

[philip]

Hello,I have Windows XP Proffesional on my computer.I was
away on holiday and when i returned my main computer had
crashed I have this error message appearing.The computer
goes into a loop always ending with this message before
rebooting stop: c0000218 {registry file falure} the
registry cannot load the hive(file) systemroot\system 32
\config\ software or its log or alternative is
corrupt,absent,or not writable beginning dump of physical
memory to disk. Can you help me please.Many Thanks
Philip

 

[Will Denny]

Hi Philip

Try here - courtesy of MVP Jim Eshelman:

http://aumha.org/win5/kbestop.php#0x218

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User


| Hello,I have Windows XP Proffesional on my computer.I was
| away on holiday and when i returned my main computer had
| crashed I have this error message appearing.The computer
| goes into a loop always ending with this message before
| rebooting stop: c0000218 {registry file falure} the
| registry cannot load the hive(file) systemroot\system 32
| \config\ software or its log or alternative is
| corrupt,absent,or not writable beginning dump of physical
| memory to disk. Can you help me please.Many Thanks
| Philip