spongebob toonpants 4125 Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 So I got a blue screen on start up with the message STOP: c0000218{registry file failure} could not load hive(file) :\systemroot\system32\config\SAM or its log or alternate or root unavailable beginning dump physical memory memory dump completed I have got myself up and running through safe mode then system restore- do I need to do anything else Is this a prelude to disaster or something not to worry about Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Craig 6700 Posted January 4, 2007 Share Posted January 4, 2007 Couple of links that might help... http://computing.net/windowsxp/wwwboard/forum/104118.html http://www.jakeludington.com/ask_jake/2005...le_failure.html Failing that, here's Google's search results on it... http://www.google.co.uk/search?hl=en&q...re%7D&meta= Hope it helps Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemmill 46003 Posted January 5, 2007 Share Posted January 5, 2007 I had the exact same stuff on a laptop I bought a while back, spongebob, and had to take it back. They immediately diagnosed it as "fucked" and gave me a new one. Did the same as you and then when I got it restarted it would be ok for a while, then the blue screen again and further torment. I did a system recovery thing and even that didn't fix it. Good luck, but if it's still under warranty, I would just be sending it back. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spongebob toonpants 4125 Posted January 5, 2007 Author Share Posted January 5, 2007 aychacha, its out of warranty. time to buy a new one methinks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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