Hello.
Long story short, dropped something onto my old Dell Latitude D610 laptop and it restarted itself. Now it won't boot up, and all I get is a blue screen with the following message:
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STOP: c0000218 {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
Dumping physical memory to disk:
_________________________________________________________
I rebooted into Windows Setup with an XP CD I have, but can't find any option to start the recovery console??
Trying to avoid reinstalling Windows and/or losing data.
Please help. Thanks.
Long story short, dropped something onto my old Dell Latitude D610 laptop and it restarted itself. Now it won't boot up, and all I get is 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 alternate.
It is corrupt, absent, or not writable.
Beginning dump of physical memory
Dumping physical memory to disk:
_________________________________________________________
I rebooted into Windows Setup with an XP CD I have, but can't find any option to start the recovery console??
Trying to avoid reinstalling Windows and/or losing data.
Please help. Thanks.