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Windows 2003 server will show the loading screen then it stops with:

Stop c000218 registry file failure or corrupt. The registry can not load the hive \systemroot\system32\config\security

Then it start a count down about dumping the physical memory to disk and reboot itself again.

I found Error starting Windows SBS 2003 - STOP: c0000218

But the config there is different directory than mine. Is it the same step to try for recovery console?

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Booting to the recovery console to run chkdsk is an "option". However, the likely-hood of this actually fixing a problem is almost 0, so not a good option. The correct way to fix this problem is to restore from backup or reinstall Windows.

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  • Do you mean backup of registry? I don't believe I have. Is there a tool to backup important Windows files? – Jack Oct 22 '13 at 20:43
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    Wow, there is so much wrong implied with that question, I don't even know where to begin. – longneck Oct 22 '13 at 21:09