Re: Windows 2000 Pro - Restore Registry of parallel Win installation
From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_NoSpam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 03/11/04
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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 17:19:33 -0700
Editing the "Run" keys shouldn't have caused any issues with starting the
operating system. Hard to say what that issue was. From what you describe
the registry is now damaged beyond any repair. Restoring from your 32 mB REG
file isn't possible. For future reference; if you run
Programs|Accessories|System Tools|Backup, then choose ERD, then if you check
the box for "Also backup....", then the reg will also be backed up to
%windir%\repair\RegBack
leaving the
%windir%\repair\
directory files intact as original installation.
Repair, Recovery, and Restore
http://www.microsoft.com/windows2000/techinfo/reskit/samplechapters/fndc/fndc_rec_uctu.asp
>From the recovery console you can copy the hives you wish to restore from;
%windir%\repair\regback
to
%windir%\system32\config\
To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000
Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup
floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD,
use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks.
Press ENTER at the "Setup Notification" screen. Press R to repair a Windows
2000 installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The
Recovery Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do
not have the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
Console quits and restarts the computer. Once the password has been
validated, you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access
to the hard disk. You can only access the following folders on your
computer: %systemroot% and %windir%
-- Regards, Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup. Microsoft MVP [Windows] Microsoft Certified Professional [Windows 2000] http://www.microsoft.com/protect "HReg" wrote: | Thank you for the reply, | | I basically went into the registry and attempted to delete some sub-key that I thought were causing unwanted program start-ups each time I booted into windows. (I went into the RUN and RUN- keys and deleted a few entries) Before I did this I backed up the registry by exporting through the registry drop down menu; I named the file temp.reg. and selected "all". When I tried to reboot, at the windows login I got a 75% sized screen with severe pincushioning on the sides. Seeing this, I went into the registry and tried to import the temp.reg file back in and it began the import but only got about 95% finished when it stopped with an error message. | | I tried to reboot again and it got to the blue screen and stopped...tried all of the F6 options (Last Known Good Config..Safe Mode ...etc) nothing got me past the blue screen and the then the proceess became automated in a cycle .....each time it got to the blue screen it would cycle back to the boot process automatically, and start all over again. | | To get access to the hard drive, I loaded a parallel installation of Windows 2K Pro on to the drive. At the present time, I can choose between which installation of Win 2K Pro I want to use, the old or the new. What I would like to do is bring the saved registry-back-up file (temp.reg...about 32 meg) back into the original windows installation so that I can resume using that installation of windows (I have been using this computer for 5 years and there is a lot of settings software, etc that would have to be recreated if I had to use the fresh installation.) | | As best I understand it, any changes made in the registry are saved to the ....WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG folder itn the SAM, Security, Software, and System files. The NTUSER.DAT is found in the WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\DEFAULT | | My dilemna is that I would like to get the info from the saved temp.reg file back into the failed windows installation but I am not sure as to the best way of doing this. Can I load the hive....WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM (or another file) and then somehow (maybe double-click the temp.reg file) get the info into the loaded hive and then when finished unload the hive back to the non-working installation,........and then hope all goes well..! | | Thanks for any time you put into this, I appreciate it.
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