topic identity crisis in PCs & Accessories https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/identity-crisis/m-p/1822#M86462 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hiya, I'm a fairly new sz Vaio owner and have managed to make my vaio think it isn't a vaio???<BR /><BR />it had been working fine (apart from not being able to shutdown without holding down the power off button) and it had been switched off for a few hours. On switching on a message came up with <BR /><BR />STOP: c0000218 {Registry File Failure}<BR />The registry cannot load the hive (file):<BR />\SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE<BR />or its log or alternate.<BR />It is corrupt, absent or not writable.<BR /><BR />Begining dump of physical memory<BR />Physical dump complete.<BR />Contact your system adminstrator etc...<BR /><BR />Not being able to find the recovery discs we put in a windows disc and it booted fine and is working ok (we think) however, now none of the 'fn' buttons on the keyboard work (e.g. volume) and if you try and use the vaio recovery tool it says it isn't a vaio. <BR /><BR />what have i done? will it ever be a vaio again? oh no.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:27:00 GMT sammylou9 2006-11-13T14:27:00Z identity crisis https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/identity-crisis/m-p/1822#M86462 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hiya, I'm a fairly new sz Vaio owner and have managed to make my vaio think it isn't a vaio???<BR /><BR />it had been working fine (apart from not being able to shutdown without holding down the power off button) and it had been switched off for a few hours. On switching on a message came up with <BR /><BR />STOP: c0000218 {Registry File Failure}<BR />The registry cannot load the hive (file):<BR />\SystemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE<BR />or its log or alternate.<BR />It is corrupt, absent or not writable.<BR /><BR />Begining dump of physical memory<BR />Physical dump complete.<BR />Contact your system adminstrator etc...<BR /><BR />Not being able to find the recovery discs we put in a windows disc and it booted fine and is working ok (we think) however, now none of the 'fn' buttons on the keyboard work (e.g. volume) and if you try and use the vaio recovery tool it says it isn't a vaio. <BR /><BR />what have i done? will it ever be a vaio again? oh no.<BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Nov 2006 14:27:00 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/identity-crisis/m-p/1822#M86462 sammylou9 2006-11-13T14:27:00Z Re: identity crisis https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/identity-crisis/m-p/1823#M86463 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Hi sammylou9<BR /><BR />Welcome to Club Vaio, <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.at/html/@3191CA7235A406D833094BA2DD1CF2FF/images/smilies/011.png" alt=":slight_smile:" title=":slight_smile:" /> <BR /><BR />Does this Vaio Support <A href="http://kb.sony-europe.com/SRVS/CGI-BIN/WEBCGI.EXE/,/?St=78,E=0000000000038226235,K=4605,Sxi=15,Case=obj(36180)" target="_blank">solution</A> allow the Vaio Recovery Utility to run.. <img class="lia-deferred-image lia-image-emoji" src="https://community.sony.at/html/@13A2E6A3774A8B47B4EC6F04089539E1/images/smilies/063.png" alt=":thinking:" title=":thinking:" /><BR /><BR />If your Vaio is successfully restored you may want to follow this guide on <A href="http://kb.sony-europe.com/KB/Solutions/en/V00000_V00499/V00078.html" target="_blank">How can I create recovery disc set</A><BR /></P></BODY></HTML> Mon, 13 Nov 2006 15:01:26 GMT https://community.sony.at/t5/pcs-accessories/identity-crisis/m-p/1823#M86463 Thalamus. 2006-11-13T15:01:26Z