Corrupt File.

Well browsing thruough the my computer properties I finaly found the automatic reboot on error option and disabled it allowing me to find out what my error screen said on my start up:

STOP: c0000218 {Registry File Failure}
The registry cannot load the hive (file)
\systemroot\system32\config\software
on it's log or alternate
It is corrupt absent or not writable.

So what I did was rename the software file to software2, and move another software file my E:\drive were I accidently, got windows xp on.

The problem is that all my program settings, are messed up. From the start menu, to my backround.

can you at least back up your stuff so you can do a reinstall??

Same thing has happened to me a few times. Last time i gave up and formated then found this microfosft knowledge base article a few days later on how to actually fix it: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q307545 hope you havent formated yet.