Demigod just broke my computer =( HELP!

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I've been playing Demigod now for a few weeks with it crashing at least once every night.  Sometimes it would have an error and bring me back to the desktop.  Othertimes, it would freeze and not let me alt tab to the desktop to start task manager and end the program - this would result in me just shutting off my computer and turning it back on. 

Yesterday the game decided to kick every player from the game except myself and then would not let me quit.  I tried alt tabbing to end the program but that did not work either.  Frustrated, I shut off my computer and turned it back on to a nice blue screen.  I cannot even load my OS.  I tried shutting it off and turning it back on multiple times without fixing it. 

The screen reads:

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STOP: c0000218{Registry File Failure}

This registry cannot load the hive (file): 

\systemRoot\System32\Config\SOFTWARE

or its log or alternate.

It is corrupt, absent, or not writable.

 

Beginning dump of physical memory

Physical memory dump complete

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Thats EVERYTHING it says on the screen.  And like I said before, it won't even let me get to the desktop.  A minute after I click "enter OS" the screen goes blue.  I'm not too good with computers and really have no idea what to do, please help me!

Thanks,

Justin

 

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Reply #1 from Demigod Forums Top

I wish I could help you but I'm stumped. I've had tons of errors running DG and luckily my computer still boots. I won't even launch the game until they fix it FOR REAL. I hope your situation serves as a warning to new players. As it stands today, this software is TOXIC.

Reply #2 from Demigod Forums Top

Registry corruption is pretty rare but is possible if windows is interrupted while writing to it, or (more likely) due to hard disk corruption or failure. Microsoft has an article describing how to attempt a recovery here, but it may not be possible with an OEM machine.

If you're not comfortable attempting the fix given in that article, it's best that you get the help of someone local who can do so.

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Reply #3 from Demigod Forums Top

This to me sounds a lot like you had a serious problem other than just Demigod. The first thing that comes to my mind is a hardware failure...

[Edit:] What Kryo said.

 

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Reply #4 from Demigod Forums Top

Quoting Kitkun, reply 3
This to me sounds a lot like you had a serious problem other than just Demigod. The first thing that comes to my mind is a hardware failure...
End of Kitkun's quote

This.

What kryo is too polite to say is that this being caused by (any non-virus) software is highly unlikely.

I am very sorry for your crappy situation. I would say that this is a symptom of an existing condition that surfaced while/because Demigod was running.

How do you fix it? You really need to have somebody who knows what they are doing get their hands on it physically. I really hope it isn't a OEM machine. If it is, you are very likely out of luck in regards to saving your data.

Your first step should be looking for help. If you have an active warranty that would be the place to start. If you do not, I would personally start with a repair from the OS disk. But I am no professional tech.