Hello @Maxstar , I have the same issue with corrupted SYSTEM reg file on windows 10. Would you try to fix my registry hive, thanks!
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Corrupt SYSTEM registry file
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Hi and welcome to Sysnative,
This hive is not corrupt, so please let me know which error you see when trying to boot the system. If you can boot into Windows, please follow the Windows Update Forum Posting Instructions and provide the requested files in your next post
This hive is not corrupt, so please let me know which error you see when trying to boot the system. If you can boot into Windows, please follow the Windows Update Forum Posting Instructions and provide the requested files in your next post
I got error on boot 0xc000014c File: \WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM is missing or corrupt
The file is there so for some reason it detect it as corrupt. I did chkdsk checks also.
The issue happen on that PC after sudden power outage . So I tried to manual fix the SYSTEM file with HiveSwarming app to rebuild it, but it's not 100% proper and the error is gone and it try to boot but then it stuck during booting win10 and nothing more happen. If put back the original SYSTEM file (I uploaded above), it show this boot error 0xc000014c again.
The file is there so for some reason it detect it as corrupt. I did chkdsk checks also.
The issue happen on that PC after sudden power outage . So I tried to manual fix the SYSTEM file with HiveSwarming app to rebuild it, but it's not 100% proper and the error is gone and it try to boot but then it stuck during booting win10 and nothing more happen. If put back the original SYSTEM file (I uploaded above), it show this boot error 0xc000014c again.
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I've checked the attached hive and did not show an issue, could you please provide a new copy of it from the Recovery Environment.
Yes, please try the Recovery Environment!
Ah! Your edit explains a lot because you have used that tool to convert the hive to reg and back! When you do that you will lose all the permissions etc. And as the developer of that tool pointed out is that the SYSTEM hive as well as other hives are not supported!
Do you have the untouched SYSTEM hive before using HiveSwarming?
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The attached SYSTEM hive file I posted first is the untouched file I got after the PC turn off due to power outage with modified file date 27 December, 2024.
Before days I just boot to windows 7 and copy that file from the other drive D: with windows 10 and upload it here. That's the untouched file.
I tried to fix a copy of this file with HiveSwarming yesterday but that's other new SYSTEM file that doesn't give me error on boot, but then it stuck during loading win 10. When I put back this untouched file I still get the same error 0xc000014c on boot.
It's weird why the boot detect this file as corrupted but it looks like the hive file is good.
Before days I just boot to windows 7 and copy that file from the other drive D: with windows 10 and upload it here. That's the untouched file.
I tried to fix a copy of this file with HiveSwarming yesterday but that's other new SYSTEM file that doesn't give me error on boot, but then it stuck during loading win 10. When I put back this untouched file I still get the same error 0xc000014c on boot.
It's weird why the boot detect this file as corrupted but it looks like the hive file is good.
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