Anyone else seen the C0000218 error in XP

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I have gotten this error on restart at least six times. When I get it, I cannot get back into Windows XP and have to reload or use Ghost image. The error comes up after the XP boot screen:

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.

MS site says this is a reported problem in NT 3.51, but not reproduceable. I found one other person with this problem, but it is certainly a bug for me.

 

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I've seen this error in Windows 2000 on my system several times.
However, it's been several months since I've seen it happened on my box and I still haven't touched XP yet.

You might want to check out this thread in anther forum... it's dedicated to the c000000218 error and has some useful tips.
http://www.tek-tips.com/gviewthread.cfm/lev2/67/lev3/70/pid/616/qid/86626

 

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Yeah, I read that thread and apparently a number of people have this problem and it is not just with XP. It doesn't seem to have a good solution but some believe it is related to the ACPI settings. I work around it by using Ghost frequently.