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Asked By Angelo_M 0 points N/A Posted on - 09/13/2011

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Today, one of my XP laptop is having a reboot loop. After disabling automatic reboot if an error occurs (done by pressing F8 after BIOS POST) it gave me this error:

STOP: C0000218 {Registry File Failure}
The registry cannot load the hive (file):

SystemRootSystem32ConfigSOFTWARE

Or its log or alternate.
It is corrupt, absent, or not writable.

I tried using CHKDSK to check for errors on C partition but it still gives me this error. Any suggestions on how to fix this error would be much appreciated.

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Answered By MarylnPendley 0 points N/A #123888

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Hi,

This is not a big problem. You just have to do something very simple for solve this problem.
Your first option is if you can burn a .iso file to a CD then do it quickly. May be it can load the recovery console for recovery.
You can download this recovery console from many websites. Here are some:
http://www.thecomputerparamedic.com/files/rc.iso
https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/forums/t/270018/create-bootable-recovery-console-cd/
Also you may need to enter BIOS setup. Here select CD ROM as your first boot device if it is not.
Also, when you running the recovery console, try to recover first. Then try to repair. Then restart your computer.

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Answered By vistashen 0 points N/A #123889

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Hi Angelo_M,

Since the computer is in reboot loop and could not boot into any options like safe, safe mode with command prompt. We definitely need windows XP cd.
Boot from Windows XP cd and get into recovery console and follow the Microsoft KB article 307545 completely https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/307545/how-to-recover-from-a-corrupted-registry-that-prevents-windows-xp-from
If that fails perform a repair installation of windows XP.
Follow the Microsoft KB article https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/help/978788/how-to-perform-an-in-place-upgrade-reinstallation-of-windows-xp
Follow only the Method 2: Repair install of Windows XP by starting your computer from the Windows XP CD.

Hope this works out for you.

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Vistashen

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