Fix using System Hive
Tuesday, March 23, 2004 at 3:06 am
Windows XP Annoyances Discussion Forum
Posted by Trev
(1 messages posted)
Again, thanks to all who have contributed to this thread. I hit the dreaded mup.sys
hang - and I hadn't changed anything on the configuration. My config is basically
an old Athlon 1.2G with ATI All-In-Wonder + RAID 0 disk setup - I only use USB one
device at a time.
This thread gave me a list of things to go through - but I was very reluctant to
start messing about pulling boards in and out, so I majored on all the BIOS tricks
and unplugging USB devices etc.
None of these solved the problem, but I did notice that various combinations altered
the performance of the machine. I also, thought that I detected a pattern ,during
while stuck on the Mup.sys line, of how the machine was looping hitting the hardware
- floppy light on, DVD light on, screen blinked, keyboard lights flickered. This
led me to belive that it was looping trying to load configuration details, so I just
left it to run to see what would happen.
Sure enough, I ended up with a blue screen after 5 or so minutes. (Has anyone else
let the machine just run to a conclusion?) showing the following message:
Stop C0000218 (Registry File Failure)
The registry cannot load the hive (file) \SystemRoot\System32\Config\Software\ or
its log or alternative.
A corruption here, or a fragmented file, seems to be in line with causing this sort
of problem (See http://insight.zdnet.co.uk/hardware/servers/0,39020445,2131001,00.htm
for details on the hive file).
So I copied System.ALT to System and tried again.
Voila - I was able to boot into Safe mode and from there I was able to re-install
XP (I'd messed up parts of XP with several things I'd tried earlier).
Since, then I've been running OK.
If you're still having problems, might be worth a try.
Trev
On Wednesday, March 12, 2003 at 9:12 pm, Brian wrote:
>If you have read any of my problems, (computer hangs all of the time) then you should
>know all about the problem. I booted it today, (still not fixed) into safe mode.
>As you might know, Windows XP safe mode boot tells you whats going on. When it got
>to Mup.sys, it seems to have stopped responding. None of the lights on the keyboard
>work. Nothing changes on the monitor. BUT, I can hear the clicking of the hard drive,
>and the little hard driver light is on.
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