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    Hello
    Hope this is a good place to post this. My wife turned on her computer last night and got a blue screen with the following message:

    Stop: C0000218 {registry file failure}
    The Registry cannot load the hive (file):
    \systemroot\system32\config\SAM
    or its log or alternate
    It is corrupt, absent, or not writable.

    Beginning dump of physical memory
    Physical memory dump complete
    contact our system administrator or
    techincal support for further assistance.


    I turned off the computer and restarted and a page came up giving some options about restarting, one of which asked if I wanted to start based on "last know registry" which I selected, however, the screeen then returned to the above message again.

    Please help if you can. I am a little concerned since she doesn't have a back up of any data and all her schoolwork and thesis docs are on her computer.

    Thank you

    Chris

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    Hi

    Which version of windows is it ?
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