So I just purchased this laptop about two months ago, it was a clearance item at my store. 2.16GHz processor loaded with Windows Vista. First thing I did was wipe the partitions and load XP. Haven't really used the computer much in a while, recently when I tried to boot I got the stop message you see in the title.
Cannot load the hive \SystemRoot\System32\Config\SECURITY
Best I can tell I'm going to need to run the OS recovery or just wipe and do a clean install, problem is both require me to be able to boot from the install disc. When I put the disc in and try to start it up I get as far as the Press any key to boot from CD.... part, but after pressing any key it hangs. Thinking maybe the disc could have been damaged from the time I first burned it and used it to install up to then I made a new one but no different results.
Help?
Cannot load the hive \SystemRoot\System32\Config\SECURITY
Best I can tell I'm going to need to run the OS recovery or just wipe and do a clean install, problem is both require me to be able to boot from the install disc. When I put the disc in and try to start it up I get as far as the Press any key to boot from CD.... part, but after pressing any key it hangs. Thinking maybe the disc could have been damaged from the time I first burned it and used it to install up to then I made a new one but no different results.
Help?