Solution for Win XP 0xc0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry cannot load the hive
So my 9 year old Dell Inspiron 510m laptop running Windows XP Service Pack 2 crashed last week with a Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) message. Stop: 0xc0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry cannot load the hive (file): \SystemRoot\System32\Config\ System or its log or alternate. It is corrupt, absent, or not writable. Rebooting in safe mode doesn’t work. Rebooting after running Full Diagnostics doesn’t work, the laptop is always stuck with this failure. The Microsoft link http://support.microsoft.com/kb/822705 is a good starting point but I tried many things to finally get it working, so actually this article is also a Solution (rather a Workaround) for the following other errors that you may face: Windows XP not accepting the Administrator password in Recovery Console Windows XP Setup stuck at License Agreement – F8 key not working So the sequence of events, trials and failures are as follows – these may help you in the future. Trial 1: ...