Hi,
I have a Dell Latitude D520 laptop which runs Windows XP. It is failing to boot, and loads a blue screen with the following message:
STOP: c0000218 {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 writable
Beginning dump of physical memory
Physical memory dump complete.
Contact your system administrator...etc
I have tried loading in safe mode, and loading the last know good config but still get the same result.
Is there any way to fix this without re-installing Windows?
Thanks
Nick