Hello All,
My looks like all issues have come at one shot.

I have dell ispron 6000 with cd/dvd drive.Windows XP was installed on
this machine.
3 days back my cd drive did not work . It did not respond to cd's which
perfectly worked fine on other laptop.
Yesterday windows crashed (Blue screen came up forcing me to reboot) .
On reboot it threw "Stop: c0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry
cannot load the hive (file): \SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE or
its log or alternate" error.

Windows has a good document that said "How to recover from a corrupted
registry that prevents Windows XP from starting" . This covered my
issue. But since my cd drive did not work my bootable disc does not
work.

Now i need to make my flash drive bootable. I used my friends laptop to
make a bootable USB drive. But now it throws the following error "
Invalid system disk".

Can some one help me with following
a) best method for making USB flash drive bootable
b) solve issue with "Invalid system disk"

Thanks,
shalini

Your Bios would have to support boot from usb, assuming you mean just as a
boot disk
Have you set the Bios to boot from cd?
If so perhaps your cd drive went south, or simply a bad connection


<shalini.gururaj******.com> wrote in message
news:1166912223.415658.152410@79g2000cws.googlegro ups.com...
> Hello All,
> My looks like all issues have come at one shot.
>
> I have dell ispron 6000 with cd/dvd drive.Windows XP was installed on
> this machine.
> 3 days back my cd drive did not work . It did not respond to cd's which
> perfectly worked fine on other laptop.
> Yesterday windows crashed (Blue screen came up forcing me to reboot) .
> On reboot it threw "Stop: c0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry
> cannot load the hive (file): \SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE or
> its log or alternate" error.
>
> Windows has a good document that said "How to recover from a corrupted
> registry that prevents Windows XP from starting" . This covered my
> issue. But since my cd drive did not work my bootable disc does not
> work.
>
> Now i need to make my flash drive bootable. I used my friends laptop to
> make a bootable USB drive. But now it throws the following error "
> Invalid system disk".
>
> Can some one help me with following
> a) best method for making USB flash drive bootable
> b) solve issue with "Invalid system disk"
>
> Thanks,
> shalini
>

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...933845.xml.asp
if link broken try
http://snipurl.com/l6o7

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/r...DisplayLang=en
if link broken try
http://snipurl.com/15p2x

http://www.computerhope.com/boot.htm#71

What version of Windows XP did you install? Was it a Retail or
Generic OEM? If it was a branded OEM you could encounter
problem doing a Repair Install or trying System Restore. I am
not sure about the implications of your CD drive not working.

--

Hope this helps.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~


<shalini.gururaj******.com> wrote in message
news:1166912223.415658.152410@79g2000cws.googlegro ups.com...
> Hello All,
> My looks like all issues have come at one shot.
>
> I have dell ispron 6000 with cd/dvd drive.Windows XP was installed on
> this machine.
> 3 days back my cd drive did not work . It did not respond to cd's
> which
> perfectly worked fine on other laptop.
> Yesterday windows crashed (Blue screen came up forcing me to reboot) .
> On reboot it threw "Stop: c0000218 {Registry File Failure} The
> registry
> cannot load the hive (file): \SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE or
> its log or alternate" error.
>
> Windows has a good document that said "How to recover from a
> corrupted
> registry that prevents Windows XP from starting" . This covered my
> issue. But since my cd drive did not work my bootable disc does not
> work.
>
> Now i need to make my flash drive bootable. I used my friends laptop
> to
> make a bootable USB drive. But now it throws the following error "
> Invalid system disk".
>
> Can some one help me with following
> a) best method for making USB flash drive bootable
> b) solve issue with "Invalid system disk"
>
> Thanks,
> shalini
>

<shalini.gururaj******.com> wrote in message
news:1166912223.415658.152410@79g2000cws.googlegro ups.com...
> Hello All,
> My looks like all issues have come at one shot.
>
> I have dell ispron 6000 with cd/dvd drive.Windows XP was installed on
> this machine.
> 3 days back my cd drive did not work . It did not respond to cd's which
> perfectly worked fine on other laptop.
> Yesterday windows crashed (Blue screen came up forcing me to reboot) .
> On reboot it threw "Stop: c0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry
> cannot load the hive (file): \SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE or
> its log or alternate" error.
>
> Windows has a good document that said "How to recover from a corrupted
> registry that prevents Windows XP from starting" . This covered my
> issue. But since my cd drive did not work my bootable disc does not
> work.
>
> Now i need to make my flash drive bootable. I used my friends laptop to
> make a bootable USB drive. But now it throws the following error "
> Invalid system disk".
>
> Can some one help me with following
> a) best method for making USB flash drive bootable
You enable booting within the system setup program. My Inspiron 6000 can
enable booting from the USB.
> b) solve issue with "Invalid system disk"
If you didn't enable booting from the USB first, then the most likely thing
is a dead hard drive. Dell may sell you a disk with the recovery partition
on it. Otherwise....
Jim
>
> Thanks,
> shalini
>

Thanks. I will try these options and let you know
Gerry Cornell wrote:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...933845.xml.asp
> if link broken try
> http://snipurl.com/l6o7
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/r...DisplayLang=en
> if link broken try
> http://snipurl.com/15p2x
>
> http://www.computerhope.com/boot.htm#71
>
> What version of Windows XP did you install? Was it a Retail or
> Generic OEM? If it was a branded OEM you could encounter
> problem doing a Repair Install or trying System Restore. I am
> not sure about the implications of your CD drive not working.
>
> --
>
> Hope this helps.
>
> Gerry
> ~~~~
> FCA
> Stourport, England
>
> Enquire, plan and execute
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
>
> <shalini.gururaj******.com> wrote in message
> news:1166912223.415658.152410@79g2000cws.googlegro ups.com...
> > Hello All,
> > My looks like all issues have come at one shot.
> >
> > I have dell ispron 6000 with cd/dvd drive.Windows XP was installed on
> > this machine.
> > 3 days back my cd drive did not work . It did not respond to cd's
> > which
> > perfectly worked fine on other laptop.
> > Yesterday windows crashed (Blue screen came up forcing me to reboot) .
> > On reboot it threw "Stop: c0000218 {Registry File Failure} The
> > registry
> > cannot load the hive (file): \SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE or
> > its log or alternate" error.
> >
> > Windows has a good document that said "How to recover from a
> > corrupted
> > registry that prevents Windows XP from starting" . This covered my
> > issue. But since my cd drive did not work my bootable disc does not
> > work.
> >
> > Now i need to make my flash drive bootable. I used my friends laptop
> > to
> > make a bootable USB drive. But now it throws the following error "
> > Invalid system disk".
> >
> > Can some one help me with following
> > a) best method for making USB flash drive bootable
> > b) solve issue with "Invalid system disk"
> >
> > Thanks,
> > shalini
> >

<shalini.gururaj******.com> wrote

> Hello All,
> My looks like all issues have come at one shot.
>
> I have dell ispron 6000 with cd/dvd drive.Windows XP was installed on
> this machine.
> 3 days back my cd drive did not work . It did not respond to cd's which
> perfectly worked fine on other laptop.
> Yesterday windows crashed (Blue screen came up forcing me to reboot) .
> On reboot it threw "Stop: c0000218 {Registry File Failure} The registry
> cannot load the hive (file): \SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE or
> its log or alternate" error.
>
> Windows has a good document that said "How to recover from a corrupted
> registry that prevents Windows XP from starting" . This covered my
> issue. But since my cd drive did not work my bootable disc does not
> work.
>
> Now i need to make my flash drive bootable. I used my friends laptop to
> make a bootable USB drive. But now it throws the following error "
> Invalid system disk".
>
> Can some one help me with following
> a) best method for making USB flash drive bootable
> b) solve issue with "Invalid system disk"


That knowledge base article has a warning. It should not be used when the
installation is OEM.

"Warning Do not use the procedure that is described in this article if your
computer has an OEM-installed operating system. The system hive on OEM
installations creates passwords and user accounts that did not exist
previously. If you use the procedure that is described in this article, you
may not be able to log back into the recovery console to restore the
original registry hives. "

Quoted from: How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry that Prevents Windows
XP from Starting:
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307545

Rock

That's what was worrying with using a boot disk. What do
you do next? There seems to be conflict between the
latest install and what went before. The "Invalid system
disk" warning seems to suggest something of that ilk.

--

Regards.

Gerry
~~~~
FCA
Stourport, England

Enquire, plan and execute
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~




"Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
news:uxFsj$wJHHA.1240@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> <shalini.gururaj******.com> wrote
>
>
>
> That knowledge base article has a warning. It should not be used when
> the installation is OEM.
>
> "Warning Do not use the procedure that is described in this article if
> your computer has an OEM-installed operating system. The system hive
> on OEM installations creates passwords and user accounts that did not
> exist previously. If you use the procedure that is described in this
> article, you may not be able to log back into the recovery console to
> restore the original registry hives. "
>
> Quoted from: How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry that Prevents
> Windows XP from Starting:
> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307545
>
>

"Gerry Cornell" wrote

> Rock
>
> That's what was worrying with using a boot disk. What do
> you do next? There seems to be conflict between the
> latest install and what went before. The "Invalid system
> disk" warning seems to suggest something of that ilk.

> "Rock" <rock@nospam.net> wrote in message
> news:uxFsj$wJHHA.1240@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> <shalini.gururaj******.com> wrote
>>
>>
>>
>> That knowledge base article has a warning. It should not be used when
>> the installation is OEM.
>>
>> "Warning Do not use the procedure that is described in this article if
>> your computer has an OEM-installed operating system. The system hive
>> on OEM installations creates passwords and user accounts that did not
>> exist previously. If you use the procedure that is described in this
>> article, you may not be able to log back into the recovery console to
>> restore the original registry hives. "
>>
>> Quoted from: How to Recover from a Corrupted Registry that Prevents
>> Windows XP from Starting:
>> http://support.microsoft.com/?id=307545

I think the OP should fix the CD drive then do a repair install.