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Brian
Hello.
I used to have a 3GB partition for XP, while I reserved
the other
11GB for my files and programs. I wanted to give
XP more "elbow room" for memory by altering virtual
memory.
So I backed up my files, formatted the entire hard drive,
and created a single partition - about 14GB - for XP and
my
files. (I also have a 32MB unallocated partition, but
don't know
how that happened), so that should have given XP the room
that it
needed.
After doing all that, I really believed my problem was
solved.
But not even 24 hours after I installed XP did those
BSOD's come up
again:
***************************************************
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.
Beginning dump of physical memory.
Physical memory dump complete.
Contact your system administrator or technical
support group for further assistance.
***************************************************
24 hours! Can you believe it? I didn't fool with those
virtual memory settings because I thought that XP had
the "elbow
room" it needed.
This is the paging file size for the 14GB partition:
Custom size
Initial size (MB): 192
Maximum size (MB): 384
Also, when I switched my 40pin ribbon cable to the 80pin
for
the hard drive, I noticed that sometimes the computer did
not
recogize the hard drive during boot up. I had to "play
around"
with the ribbon cable before the boot up recognized it.
Questions:
1. Will increasing the paging file size make things
better?
2. Is it the hard drive that's the problem or ribbon
cable?
I thought that hard drives are supposed to rattle while
it's accessing data before you know it's going bad.
Mine's
not doing it that bad.
Remember that I've had this system for about a year and a
half and never
fooled with these settings or hardware and I never
worried about reinstalling
XP, so I don't see why altering these things now will
make a difference.
What is wrong with this computer? Please help. Thanks.
I used to have a 3GB partition for XP, while I reserved
the other
11GB for my files and programs. I wanted to give
XP more "elbow room" for memory by altering virtual
memory.
So I backed up my files, formatted the entire hard drive,
and created a single partition - about 14GB - for XP and
my
files. (I also have a 32MB unallocated partition, but
don't know
how that happened), so that should have given XP the room
that it
needed.
After doing all that, I really believed my problem was
solved.
But not even 24 hours after I installed XP did those
BSOD's come up
again:
***************************************************
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.
Beginning dump of physical memory.
Physical memory dump complete.
Contact your system administrator or technical
support group for further assistance.
***************************************************
24 hours! Can you believe it? I didn't fool with those
virtual memory settings because I thought that XP had
the "elbow
room" it needed.
This is the paging file size for the 14GB partition:
Custom size
Initial size (MB): 192
Maximum size (MB): 384
Also, when I switched my 40pin ribbon cable to the 80pin
for
the hard drive, I noticed that sometimes the computer did
not
recogize the hard drive during boot up. I had to "play
around"
with the ribbon cable before the boot up recognized it.
Questions:
1. Will increasing the paging file size make things
better?
2. Is it the hard drive that's the problem or ribbon
cable?
I thought that hard drives are supposed to rattle while
it's accessing data before you know it's going bad.
Mine's
not doing it that bad.
Remember that I've had this system for about a year and a
half and never
fooled with these settings or hardware and I never
worried about reinstalling
XP, so I don't see why altering these things now will
make a difference.
What is wrong with this computer? Please help. Thanks.