Re: Corrupted Registry and Unable to Boot

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"Harris" <Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks guys.

John- I have neither the floppy diskettes nor a drive...

Pegasus-
Where do I find a WinXP CD? I only have an XP DVD.

This is news to me. I thought all WinXP installation media
are CDs, not DVDs. Still, if you can boot your machine with
it then it's fine.

The slave disk is a
good idea but I will have to find another computer first (this process
sounds
painful but a good last resort).

Finally, what is a Bart PE boot CD? I will
Google for additional info.


A Bart PE boot CD is a very powerful tool for administrators.
Unfortunately it takes another PC to make one, plus several
hours of solid effort.

To answer your question, I exported the entire registry with regedit as a
.reg file.

This type of backup is of very limited use. A proper registry backup
involves taking copies of the various registry files.

Harris

"Pegasus (MVP)" wrote:


"Harris" <Harris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Help!

I was working with the registry file and managed to disable my
computer.
I
searched this site and all related posts I found point to KB 307545.
Problem
is I have an OEM operating system installed and the KB warns against
restoring hive files in this case. Moreover, my copy of XP is on a DVD
and I
am not sure I can boot to this drive anyway.

Prior to editing the registry I saved a copy to another folder. My
question
is is there any way to get to this backup version of the registry and
restore
it without using hive files? Would booting to DOS allow for this? I
understand sysinternals has an NTFS add-on for DOS. Otherwise, could I
somehow use the recovery console to restore the registry from the saved
copy
(assuming I can start the console from the XP DVD)?

Thanks in advance,

Harris

Saving a copy of the registry was a good idea. Unfortunately
you only went half the distance by not considering how to restore
the backup copy. I also wonder what exactly you mean by
"saved a copy". How did you get around the fact that the
registry is locked while Windows is active?

There are several ways to restore a registry file:
- Use John's method, involving 6 floppy diskettes.
- Boot the machine into the Recovery Console, using a WinXP CD.
- Connect the disk as a slave disk to some other WinXP PC.
- Boot the machine with a Bart PE boot CD.





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