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| Thread ID: 65958 | 2006-02-06 04:09:00 | The dreaded STOP message | curly (6655) | Press F1 |
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| 427599 | 2006-02-06 04:09:00 | My Sempron 2800 based Win 2000Pro performed a sucessful boot, windows splash screen showed, but then :- "STOP Registry file failure The registry cannot load the hive (file):\systemroot\system32\config\software or its log or alternative. It is corrupt, absent, or not writeable. Beginning dump of physical memory Physical dump complete Contact PressF1, your Technical Support Group." This system has a Maxtor HDD as a backup using Ghost V9, however on retrying to boot the system, I noted during boot that only the master HDD was listed. It now looks like the backup drive has failed and taken down the system in the process. I have removed the data and power cables from the faulty drive, but the stop error is still there. Help please - wot do I do now? |
curly (6655) | ||
| 427600 | 2006-02-06 04:18:00 | Try the info here (support.microsoft.com) | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 427601 | 2006-02-06 06:57:00 | Thanks Speedy, certainly Im in the ballpark now, but the link refers to using the "recovery consul", what is that, but more importantly, where do I find it? The help menu does not mention it. |
curly (6655) | ||
| 427602 | 2006-02-06 07:03:00 | I think u boot from the cd then press R to go into the recovery console. I havent actually used the recovery console myself. Info here (www.kellys-korner-xp.com) Even tho its says XP, it maybe the same for 2K. |
Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 427603 | 2006-02-06 08:04:00 | Yep, boot your win2k CD, one of the options is to Repair and existing installation, then to use the Recovery Console. If you haven't prepared a recovery disc or set it up on your system, there are some options if you know your way around the DOS like commands. You could try to Repair/Replace system files from the CD (another option when you boot from the CD), but if it's a serious issue, it's often easier, much as I hate to say it, to reinstall Windows. One other option is a paralel install of Windows, see previous option re ease. Have you discounted other hardware issues? It could be worth having a poke around using a Live Linux CD like Mepis or a recovery CD (Linux based) like EBCD or Insert or BG Rescue and, examine the, supposedly, dead drive at the same time using the disk tools available on those CD's. |
Murray P (44) | ||
| 427604 | 2006-02-06 08:34:00 | Also, this is a useful thing to do before things go wrong :) support.microsoft.com Another thing, it's not a good idea to have a backup hard drive running all the while with your main drive, best to use a removable drive system. Also if you clone a disk using Ghost, then for earlier versions of Ghost at least, they warn against re-booting with the cloned drive still connected as slave, as.... "..If you leave the second hard disk in your computer, damage can occur to the operating systems on both disks." |
Terry Porritt (14) | ||
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