Monday, February 5, 2007

Breakfast: a banana. Minor web update for Cindy. Helped student LC with a question about ftp space. Helped student NS with a question about using Perl. Recordings policy work. Student SZ stopped by with a laptop problem.

Problem:

Dell Inspiron 600m with A16 BIOS displays the following STOP error upon attempting to start Windows normally:

STOP: c0000218 {Registry File Failure}
The registry cannot load the hive (file):
\SystemRoot\System32\Config\SYSTEM
or its log or alternate.
It is corrupt, absent, or not writable.

Resolution:

  1. Started the computer using a Bart PE startup disc (press F12 during startup).
  2. Ran chkdsk /r on the C: drive as suggested by KB822705. This found and corrected a number of disk errors.
  3. Restarted the computer using "Start Windows Normally."

Lunch: small salad, corn bread, chicken and rice soup (just under $4). Reg fee web page update for James. Made course schedule web page updates live for James. Sent Cindy web pages to review. Answered a question for student SM about data recovery. Checked in with Garrett about pricing for students for Vista and Office 2007. Made info available on our current students page about daylight saving time software updates. Dinner at home with Patrick: rotelle with leftover roast pork, bread and butter. Watched Mrs. Henderson Presents (2005) on DVD with Patrick. I have formatting problems on this journal entry when viewed from the web page—I will fix this later.