How to Troubleshoot a STOP 0x00000075 CANNOT_WRITE_CONFIGURATION Error Message (291809)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
This article was previously published under Q291809

SUMMARY

This article describes how to troubleshoot the following error message that you may receive on a blue screen:
STOP Ox00000075 (parameter 1, parameter 2, parameter 3, parameter 4) CANNOT_WRITE_CONFIGURATION

MORE INFORMATION

The error message that is listed in the "Summary" section of this article can occur if the SYSTEM hive files (System and System.alt) cannot be grown to accommodate additional data. This data is written between registry initialization and phase one initialization when the file systems are available. It usually means there are 0 bytes of free space available on the drive. Note that you cannot store the registry on a read-only device.
Modification Type:MajorLast Reviewed:12/19/2003
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