Corrupted hive but fine in safe mode

[logix42p]

Hello, one of the pcs has a strange problem

It gives the error STOP:c0000218 when booting normally.

It will boot fine in safe mode and then if i run a chkdsk it will run fine next time the computer starts.

However if i dont run check disk i get the error again etc.

Ive googled it replace the registry and its the same.

So it looks like something if corrupting it when it boots any suggestion on finding what this is??

 

[RJC]

Could be the hard drive failing, what make and model.

Have you tried a fresh install just in case another piece of software is coursing the problem.

 

[logix42p]

reinstall was the last thing i was going to try. Ive slaved the drive and have a backup of everything so not worried about loosing the data etc. Just annoying me not knowing whats causing it

 

[brendy]

There is a copy of the hive files in the repair folder, if you know which one is corrupt then boot with a bootable disc and rename the old one (for example system. to system.bak) Should work ok on a reboot. This applies to xp, not so sure about 7.

 

[logix42p]

ive tried that, but it appears to corrupt the "new" copy of the file after booting up. Looks like reinstall time

 

[SoildSnake]

Would a repair install not resolve the issue most of the time; this way you don't have to do a full re-format?