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[Chulo]

I never understood why companies do that, especially ATI and AMD.

Yea, i can understand selling the bad core ones as a x3 or x2, but im not going to complain

[Laworkerbee]

Oddly enough I got the blue screen of death on my computer yesterday. Hooked up an old hard drive and can't even figure out how to hook up the wireless. It's too old. haha. I need a new frigging tower.

Did you record the error message? We can find the problem sometimes using the error code. If you restart your computer and hit F8 before the Windows screen does your computer allow you to get into "Safe Mode"? Try this first.

[California Joe]

Yep, did the whole safe mode thing. I'll try it again and let you know what it says....

[Token White Guy]

Could be old BIOS being wonky. I had a similar problem with an old computer. I put in a video card that was a few years newer than the computer and I got nothing but BSoDs. Once I updated the BIOS it ran like a champ.

[Laworkerbee]

Bummer it BSOD's when trying to enter safe mode. Do you have another drive you can mount? There is still hope we can retrieve your files if we can get your current primary drive setup as a slave.

[California Joe]

STOP: c0000218 {Registry File Failure}
The registry cannot load the hive(file):
\SystemRoot\System32\Config\SYSTEM
or its log or alternate.
It is corrupt, absent, or not writable.

That's the error message....sounds rather ominous doesn't it....

[Token White Guy]

STOP: c0000218 {Registry File Failure}
The registry cannot load the hive(file):
\SystemRoot\System32\Config\SYSTEM
or its log or alternate.
It is corrupt, absent, or not writable.

That's the error message....sounds rather ominous doesn't it....

Sounds fuxored, sir. If you don't have a spare drive like LWB said, you can always burn linux on a disc, boot from it (Linux doesn't need a HDD to run), and get the files you need from the hard drive.

[Laworkerbee]

STOP: c0000218 {Registry File Failure}
The registry cannot load the hive(file):
\SystemRoot\System32\Config\SYSTEM
or its log or alternate.
It is corrupt, absent, or not writable.

That's the error message....sounds rather ominous doesn't it....

Are you running Windows Vista?

[twinblade]

STOP: c0000218 {Registry File Failure}
The registry cannot load the hive(file):
\SystemRoot\System32\Config\SYSTEM
or its log or alternate.
It is corrupt, absent, or not writable.

That's the error message....sounds rather ominous doesn't it....

Download a linux distro, put it on a pen drive, boot from it and recover whatever you can. You can reinstall your system later.

[Laworkerbee]

It might not be drive related, it looks memory related.

How much memory do you have, how many sticks?

What is your OS?

Have you installed any hardware or software recently?

[twinblade]

It might not be drive related, it looks memory related.

How much memory do you have, how many sticks?

What is your OS?

Have you installed any hardware or software recently?

I have seen that message with system restores using drive backups. Its better to go with a clean install in such cases.

[Laworkerbee]

I have seen that message with system restores using drive backups. Its better to go with a clean install in such cases.

File recovery is first priority.

[California Joe]

Its XP Pro. It's an old machine. No new software installations recently.

[twinblade]

File recovery is first priority.

To recover data, either use that HDD as a slave in another computer or boot from an OS that can run from CD or pen drive. A "slow format" would be needed to install an OS later on that disk.

[Supplanter]

I don't have a clue but might these instruction help?
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org/how...air_a_stop.htm