Hi THG;
My Dell laptop is crashing to blue screen before Windows can load. And I can't get into Safe Mode. I'm using XP service pack 3.
This is the blue screen error message.
STOP: c0000218 (Registry File Failure)
The registry cannot load the hive (file)
SystemRoot\system32\Config\SOFTWARE
Or it's log or alternate
A google search found sometimes contradictory suggestions.
And searching the forum here didn't find any thing that looked useful.
Any ideas on why this happened?
And more important - any advice on how to handle this problem?
My Dell laptop is crashing to blue screen before Windows can load. And I can't get into Safe Mode. I'm using XP service pack 3.
This is the blue screen error message.
STOP: c0000218 (Registry File Failure)
The registry cannot load the hive (file)
SystemRoot\system32\Config\SOFTWARE
Or it's log or alternate
A google search found sometimes contradictory suggestions.
And searching the forum here didn't find any thing that looked useful.
Any ideas on why this happened?
And more important - any advice on how to handle this problem?