sorry, family obligations last 2 nites.

back at it tonite.
I ran another check of the HDD in another PC and it checked out with no errors, so I re-installed back in the original PC and rebooted, same error "Stop: C0000218 (Registry File Failure)"

followed your directions Broni. no luck there either.
rebooted with xPUD CD 4 times:
  • first 2 times, received a message "searching for restore points.... please wait", then it locked up
  • 3rd time, it rebooted, but no .log file on the USB (I checked from xPUD that the rst.sh file was on the USB (sdb 1 drive)
  • 4th time, same as the first 2



I don't want to spend much more time on it. Is there a way to get his iTunes stuff off and back it up?
I can reformat and re-install XP, but he asked me to save his iTunes (for the record, I HATE iTunes)

suggestions?