<I posted this in the technical support section, but haven't received any replies, and from what i have observed, there are a lot more people reading this section, so hopefully i will get more replies posting in here...>
Hey, guys, I am helping my friend with his comp.
I helped him select the components... so i am liable for how his comp runs... heh... and also troubleschooting, which i don't mind when i know what the problem is...
but here is his comp config:
amd 1700+ (old packaging, not green) retail with hsf
epox 8kha+ (not sure of bios date, but pretty recent)
256 MB of ram, crucial
radeon ve oem
80 GB western digital HDD (i believe it's western digital, he got it retail at B&M w/ rebates, so i am not entirely sure of brand, but know it's 80 GB)
lite-on 24x10x40x
lite-on 16x dvd
evercase case - forgot which one, but black with grey trim.
[edit] i forgot that he also uses the turtle beach sc sound card, not onbaord ac '97 [/edit]
w2kpro
this is the error he is getting:
Stop: 0000218 c400218 [registry file failure]
The registry cannot load the HIV(file): \systemroot\system32\config\software\
Or its log or alternative.
It is corrupt or absent or not writable
Another four lines ? but unreadable because the computer restarts immediately.
do you guys have any idea what is causing this problem?
i am leaning towards the ram, and told him to do memtest overnight to see if that is the error, but is there anything else which could be causing this error? btw, it has happened about 4-5 times already, and we have had to reformat each time. ERD doesn't work.
TIA,
-Mel
Hey, guys, I am helping my friend with his comp.
I helped him select the components... so i am liable for how his comp runs... heh... and also troubleschooting, which i don't mind when i know what the problem is...
but here is his comp config:
amd 1700+ (old packaging, not green) retail with hsf
epox 8kha+ (not sure of bios date, but pretty recent)
256 MB of ram, crucial
radeon ve oem
80 GB western digital HDD (i believe it's western digital, he got it retail at B&M w/ rebates, so i am not entirely sure of brand, but know it's 80 GB)
lite-on 24x10x40x
lite-on 16x dvd
evercase case - forgot which one, but black with grey trim.
[edit] i forgot that he also uses the turtle beach sc sound card, not onbaord ac '97 [/edit]
w2kpro
this is the error he is getting:
Stop: 0000218 c400218 [registry file failure]
The registry cannot load the HIV(file): \systemroot\system32\config\software\
Or its log or alternative.
It is corrupt or absent or not writable
Another four lines ? but unreadable because the computer restarts immediately.
do you guys have any idea what is causing this problem?
i am leaning towards the ram, and told him to do memtest overnight to see if that is the error, but is there anything else which could be causing this error? btw, it has happened about 4-5 times already, and we have had to reformat each time. ERD doesn't work.
TIA,
-Mel