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| Answer» <html><body><p>I was using win2k (sp4) and one fine day following error appeared while starting the pc:<br/><br/><<strong>STOP: c0000218 {Registry File Failure}<br/>The registry cannotload the hive (file):<br/>\SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE<br/>or its log or alternate.<br/>It is corrupt, absent, or not writable.<br/><br/>Beginning dump of physical memory<br/>Physical memory dump cpmplete. Contact your system administrator or<br/>technical suport group</strong>.><br/><br/>Same error <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/keeps-1063393" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about KEEPS">KEEPS</a> on showing, even I start in 'safe mode' or in 'last good...', So I used another HDD with winxp and started the pc. Fitted the HDD with win2k as a slave and now I can access all the files from it.<br/><br/>I believe, there is always a backup of the registry file and not sure where to find it. Please help me to restore the registry, so that I can start my pc using the win2k operating system. I've checked both HDD by scandisk and no bad sector was found.<br/><br/>My pc is P4 2.8ghz HT, nvidia <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/fx5200" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FX5200">FX5200</a> AGP, 768MB ram. I was using AVG free antivirus, zone alarm firewall...<br/><br/>Help please...<br/><br/>jawanda56 Quote</p><blockquote>The contents of the %systemroot%\System32\REPAIR folder are usually updated when you create or update your Emergency Repair Disk (ERD), which also contains backup copies of parts of your registry.</blockquote> <br/>Win2K does not automatically backup the registry unless you use an add-on utility such as ERUNT...<br/>The one backup you have may get you out of trouble here though...Unable to find the folder WINNT\System32\REPAIR on the HDD which has win2k OS.<br/><br/>Any other hope...<br/><br/>jawanda56 How about C:\WINNT\repair ? ?Yes, I've located this folder in drive H:\WINNT\repair, of size 7.34mb. Its contents are :<br/><br/>autoexec.nt 1kb<br/>config.nt 3kb<br/>default 120kb<br/>ntuser.dat 120kb<br/>sam 16kb<br/>secsetup.ini 511kb<br/>security 16kb<br/>setup.txt 137kb<br/>software 5708kb<br/>system 896kb<br/><br/>jawanda56 Windows 2000 repair:<br/><a href="https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic8356.html">http://www.techspot.com/vb/topic8356.html</a><br/><br/>I also strongly recommend:<br/><br/><a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/1-236780" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about 1">1</a>. Install <strong>Recovery Console</strong>, if it's not installed, yet.<br/>How to install - <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=216417">http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=216417</a><br/>How to use it - <a href="https://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=229716">http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=229716</a><br/><br/>2. Install <strong>Erunt</strong>, which works like XP\Vista System Restore (or even better). I use it on all of my Windows versions.<br/>download- <a href="http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/">http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/</a><br/>manual - <a href="http://pcug.org.au/boesen/ERUNT/ERUNT.htm">http://pcug.org.au/boesen/ERUNT/ERUNT.htm</a><br/>Thanks Broni for the valuable links. I'll go through them and post the steps done and results.<br/><br/>jawanda56 Cool Sorry, I kept you waiting... <br/><br/>Studied the articles suggested by Broni. <br/>I'd win2k CD, which is not bootable. As per the procedure written in the instructions for set up, made 4 setup disk <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/floppies-7303546" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about FLOPPIES">FLOPPIES</a>. Booted the pc on these floppies to start the win2k set up process. Selected the repair option. <br/><br/>Now my win2k operating system is starting normal. Everything in the PC is as before. No loss of any data or any program.<br/><br/>Thanks for the help... <br/><br/>jawanda56 <br/>Good to hear you are fixed up...Nice Work by Broni !<br/>You're Win2K should be bootable however...does it say Microsoft all over it ? ?Good job!<br/>Did you install 1, and 2? Quote from: patio on April 11, 2008, 11:20:58 AM<blockquote>Win2K should be bootable.<br/></blockquote> Perhaps my boot sequence in BIOS is <a href="https://interviewquestions.tuteehub.com/tag/wrong-1462035" style="font-weight:bold;" target="_blank" title="Click to know more about WRONG">WRONG</a>.<br/><br/> Quote from: Broni on April 11, 2008, 05:33:13 PM<blockquote>Did you install 1, and 2?<br/></blockquote> Not yet, Broni. I've noted the suggested links and will install the Recovery Console and ERUNT in the near furure.<br/><br/>Thanks again... <br/>Bye... <br/><br/> jawanda56 Quote from: jawanda56 on April 12, 2008, 12:06:24 AM<blockquote> Quote from: patio on April 11, 2008, 11:20:58 AM<blockquote>Win2K should be bootable.<br/></blockquote> Perhaps my boot sequence in BIOS is wrong.<br/><br/>That would do it alright... </blockquote> Install those things as soon, as possible, They're crucial.</body></html> | |