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Thread ID: 43636	2004-03-21 21:54:00	XP Systemroot error	Bryan (147)	Press F1

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224251	2004-03-21 21:54:00	Over the weekend I rebuilt my XP Home OS on C:. Everything went fine and the System Restore was operating. After loading other software I rebooted. I then loaded ADware 6, Spybot and Kerio. I then rebooted and had the following error. "C0000218 Registry file failure. \Systemroot\System32\Config\Software or its log or alternate is corupt,absent or not writeable". I attempted to recover using System Restore but found that 1. I attempted to boot but couldn't. 2. I tried to use the XP CD to get the Repair Console but could not access it because of a further error "System32\Config\System" I found I could do nothing but Format C: and start again. This time I re-loaded WIN98SE on C: and want to now try to put XP on the E: partition. Any ideas on how I should have correctly handled this? Bryan.	Bryan (147)
224252	2004-03-21 22:14:00	Usually means you have a damaged hard drive or incompatible hardware Normally booting from the from the XP CD, running the Recovery console & running chkdsk /r would tell you if there is a problem with the drive or not but as you couldn't do that I'm blowed if I know Sorry, not much help. If you have Win98 successfully installed try running a full scandisk or better still hook the drive up to a system running XP & doing a scandisk from there.	45South (4769)
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