XPost: alt.windows-xp   
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   I have a Gateway 1100 Athlon based pc, about 6 years old. The pc has 2   
   hdd's, one running my main OS XP home, the other running win2k. I am   
   sending this from the latter OS. This morning, I went to start the main   
   OS (XP) & got the following error:   
      
   "STOP: C000218 {registry file failure}. The registry cannot load the   
   hive (file) \systemroot\system32\config\software or its log or   
   alternate. It is corrupt, absent, or not writable.   
      
   Beginning dump of physical memory.   
   Physical memory dump complete   
      
   Contact system administrator or support group for further assistance"   
      
   On rebooting, I tried opening in the available options, "last good   
   configuration" + "safe mode", but I get the same error.   
      
   The file system32\config\software exists on the OS. It is about 22 meg   
   in size. It is marked hidden, but not read only.   
      
   What can I do to get the XP OS to operate? I have found this knowledge   
   base article http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=822705 which seems on   
   target but I thought I'd get input from the experts here before   
   proceeding. Although I can get online, all my daily use   
   configurations/email client/etc. are on the main OS & rebuilding   
   everything will be a huge pain!   
      
   Thanks,   
      
   Sheila   
      
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