Windows XP will not boot

[Guest]

Have a windows xp home machine. All was working fine then I turn on to boot
and I have to choose from regular, safe, last good, etc. No matter my
choice, I get a blue screen saying "Registry cannot load hive(file)
\systemroot\system32\config\security or its alteernate. It is corrupt,
absent or non writable." It then says it is going to dump physical memory
and then reboots to the same thing over and over. Do I have to reformat or
is it repairable.

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

How to Perform a Windows XP Repair Install
http://www.michaelstevenstech.com/XPrepairinstall.htm

[Courtesy of MS-MVP Michael Stevens]

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Carey Frisch
Microsoft MVP
Windows XP - Shell/User
Microsoft Newsgroups

Get Windows XP Service Pack 2 with Advanced Security Technologies:
http://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/protect/windowsxp/choose.mspx

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| Have a windows xp home machine. All was working fine then I turn on to boot
| and I have to choose from regular, safe, last good, etc. No matter my
| choice, I get a blue screen saying "Registry cannot load hive(file)
| \systemroot\system32\config\security or its alteernate. It is corrupt,
| absent or non writable." It then says it is going to dump physical memory
| and then reboots to the same thing over and over. Do I have to reformat or
| is it repairable.
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| kah

 

[John Barnett MVP]

Visit my website http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org Click the Win XP Faq
button and take a look at question 101.
If you only have a recovery disk or OEM copy of XP you will need to
reformat, as this workaround doesn't work for OEM copies of XP