Last Known Good Configuration problem
Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 9:58 pm
Posted by pumpkinsmasher
(1 messages posted)
Hi there!
First of all today, I experienced a "C0000218 Registry File Failure" error after
upgrading my computer's RAM from 256mb to 512mb. The error would appear after the
Windows load screen and the system would reboot. It kept on doing this, and would
not get anywhere regardless of how many times I turned off my machine and turned
it back on. I tried safe mode, but got the same results.
Finally, I removed the 512mb and went back to 256mb and rebooted in "Last Known Good
Configuration" which the machine was successful in booting normally. However, when
I got to my desktop I noticed some shortcuts were missing, no wallpaper, an empty
My Documents folder, and I started up the internet only to find my favorites missing.
I was able to find my old documents in a backup folder the computer had created for
me, but my previous desktop settings, newer drivers, and internet favorites have
disappeared.
I am very frustrated to see this happen. Is there any way to get back these missing
items? Or has the "Last Known Good Configuration" screwed me over? I would appreciate
any help!
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re: Last Known Good Configuration problem
Tuesday, April 15, 2008 at 12:11 pm
Posted by C K
(5974 messages posted)
"Last Known Good Config" didn't screw you over. It actually let you boot with the
backup of the registry that was saved before the last time you ran the system and
shut down successfully. The memory that you installed was either bad, unsupported
or incompatible with either the original memory or the motherboard which corrupted
the data that Windows was trying to load and start with.
What has happened is that your HDD is now corrupted (because Windows READS AND WRITES
data when starting) and not all the data on the disk is backed up so even with the
backup registry being loaded so that you can boot, it still needs some of the critical
system data files on the drive to be good, otherwise you will get what you have now,
able to boot but with a damaged system. If removing the new memory and using the
Last Known Good doesn't work, you would either have to try a repair install (and
see if Windows can recover enough data to repair the system), or reload the system
fresh.
Can you get your system completely back? Not likely when memory corruption has damaged
system files and structures on the HDD. It would be like you trying to function
normally with extensive brain damage due to an accident.
On Wednesday, April 9, 2008 at 9:58 pm, pumpkinsmasher wrote:
>Hi there!
>
>First of all today, I experienced a "C0000218 Registry File Failure" error after
>upgrading my computer's RAM from 256mb to 512mb. The error would appear after the
>Windows load screen and the system would reboot. It kept on doing this, and would
>not get anywhere regardless of how many times I turned off my machine and turned
>it back on. I tried safe mode, but got the same results.
>
>Finally, I removed the 512mb and went back to 256mb and rebooted in "Last Known
Good
>Configuration" which the machine was successful in booting normally. However, when
>I got to my desktop I noticed some shortcuts were missing, no wallpaper, an empty
>My Documents folder, and I started up the internet only to find my favorites missing.
>I was able to find my old documents in a backup folder the computer had created
for
>me, but my previous desktop settings, newer drivers, and internet favorites have
>disappeared.
>
>I am very frustrated to see this happen. Is there any way to get back these missing
>items? Or has the "Last Known Good Configuration" screwed me over? I would appreciate
>any help!
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