Windows lock up & Blue screen

[Ron Meloche]

After shuting down with hard reboot and turning on again,
I select "start windows normally" and windows starts to
open and then stalls and locks up. Then the "blue screen"
appears saying "its dumping memory to disk". The error
message is:
STOP: C0000218 Registry File Failure
The registry cannot load the hive (file):
\Systemroot\System 32\Config\Software or its
log or alternate. It is corrupt, absent or not
writeable.
Is there a way for me to fix this problem and not lose any
or or only some data?

 

[Rich Barry]

Check here http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q307545