Re: renaming/copying files at dos prompt?

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From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_Nospam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 12/23/04 

Date: Thu, 23 Dec 2004 16:31:06 -0700

I've answered you twice but you just keep creating new threads. 

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Regards,
Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
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"Dale" wrote:
| Hello,
|
| I posted a few days ago about my w2k not booing up because my registry 
hive
| is missing or corrupt.  I downloaded the floppy disk start-up thing and am
| able to get a dos prompt after using the recovery console.
|
| Now, I have no idea how to rename my former registry hive to "old" and to
| rename a back-up registry to be the default one.  Can anyone tell me how 
to
| do this?
|
| Thanks in advance.
| -- 
| Dale

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