Re: Edit registry from XP's CD?

Tech-Archive recommends: Speed Up your PC by fixing your registry

From: Malke (malke_at_nospoonnotreally.com)
Date: 03/09/04 

Date: Mon, 08 Mar 2004 19:03:43 -0800

Peter Rossiter wrote:

> If I mess up my registry and XP Pro will not boot then is there a
> way to edit the registry file?
>
> Is there some utility on the XP installation CD? I could boot to
> the XP CD and then perhaps run something to edit the registry.
>
> Is this possible?

No. Maybe if you tell us about your computer's problems we could help
you. There are ways to recover Windows, and certainly if you can get
into Safe Mode you can run regedit, but if you would tell us a bit more
then you could get specific advice.

Malke 

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