Windows XP won't startup!!! Help!!!

[brent]

Laptop locked up when I was installing the new version of
MSN Messenger, and when I tried to restart I got the "safe
mode" screen. No matter which option I select, it then
goes to the Windows Startup screen, and gives me this:

STOP C0000218 Registry File Failure
Cannot load file
\SYSTEMROOT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SOFTWARE
corrupt, absent or not writable

Then it begins dumping my physical memory. When that's
done, it does it all again, in a cycle.


What can I do? I'd hate to lose all my data, but if that's
my only recourse that's okay -- but I thought you could
only install Windows XP Pro (or Home) once and have it
activated!

 

[kurttrail]

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ever and ever! Amen!"

Laptop locked up when I was installing the new version of
MSN Messenger, and when I tried to restart I got the "safe
mode" screen. No matter which option I select, it then
goes to the Windows Startup screen, and gives me this:

STOP C0000218 Registry File Failure
Cannot load file
\SYSTEMROOT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SOFTWARE
corrupt, absent or not writable

Then it begins dumping my physical memory. When that's
done, it does it all again, in a cycle.


What can I do? I'd hate to lose all my data, but if that's
my only recourse that's okay -- but I thought you could
only install Windows XP Pro (or Home) once and have it
activated!

You can install & activate XP as many times as you like. But you could
try to do a repair install, first.

http://www.webtree.ca/windowsxp/rep...s XP by Installing Over top of Existing Setup:

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[Brent]

Thanks, but how can I get to the Recovery Console Tool?
If that is the whole "safe mode" boot screen, any option I
select yields the same problem == the cycle repeats.

 

[kurttrail]

By the act of scrolling this post on your computer, and/or printing or
replying to this post, you agree that I am your everlasting Lord &
Saviour. Breach of this term will result in you burning in hell for
ever and ever! Amen!"

Thanks, but how can I get to the Recovery Console Tool?
If that is the whole "safe mode" boot screen, any option I
select yields the same problem == the cycle repeats.

http://www.windowsreinstall.com/winxppro/installxpcdrepair/

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Peace!
Kurt
Self-anointed Moderator
microscum.pubic.windowsexp.gonorrhea
http://microscum.com
"Trustworthy Computing" is only another example of an Oxymoron!
"Produkt-Aktivierung macht frei!"