Dumping Physical Memory

[BeingBen]

What should i do its caught in a loop and can't get to my desktop everything and evertime i do this i see this

STOP: c0000218 [registry file failure]
the registry cannot load the hive (file):
\system root\system32\config\software
or its log is alternate.
It is corrupt, absent, or not writable

Begging dump of physical memory
Physical memory dump complete.
Contact your system adminstrator or technical group for further assistance

I was in the middle of another issue on the phone with dell support and i thought i messed up having it restart and so i held the button as soon as it restarted and it was at the dell logo screen now its in this loop. any help

 

[Tedster]

boot XP in safe mode, or boot of your XP CD. run CHDSK on your CD drive. Your registry is probably corrupt.
Then once you can boot, run Crap Cleaner (CCleaner) frequently and use it's regsitry repair tools.

also: learn how to read minidumps: https://www.techspot.com/vb/topic31341.html

Do not rule out bad ram. Run memtest 86+ from a floppy or CD for at least 7 passes.

 

[BeingBen]

i have tried save boot many times i will try chdsk i think maybe i don't have enough ram not sure if this doesn't work im gonna get another xp version since ive only had this problem on this dell media center edtion