From: "Rich Gauszka" 

 I'm not sure if this will help

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;830570

The Windows 2000 Registry Repair Utility can be downloaded on to floppy
disks and then run on the system with the corrupted registry. You must have
six floppy disks to download this utility. The utility will try to repair
the corrupted registry and permit the computer to start again.

Note Depending on the type of registry corruption that has occurred,
running this utility may result in some data loss from the registry. Also,
this utility may not be able to repair some types of registry corruptions.

To download the Windows 2000 Registry Repair Utility, visit the following
Microsoft Web site:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=56D3C201-2C68-4DE8-922
9-CA494362419C

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"Tim Boyer"  wrote in message
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> Dang.  I thought I posted this message already from work, where, of
> course, all of the information is.  So this is from memory.
>
> I'm running 2000 Pro, and just got a BSOD this morning.  Something
> about registry error, and \system32\SOFTWARE being invalid.  (Yeah, I
> know, nice and vague.  But I really _did_ write it down...)
>
> Anyway, can't boot to safe mode, Windows Repair was as effective as
> ever (can't find a Windows partition).  Anyone got a favorite
> commercial repair tool?
>
>
> --
> Tim Boyer
> tim{at}denmantire.com

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