Re: registry revert

many times, but not allways, system restore off is practically equivalent to
windows reinstallation, clean or repair option, when you have a hard
problem. If you do this take care, save your documents first.

"I have
Docs&Settings on a second hard drive, and used RegCrawler to change
the drive letter."

this is a big problem, usually I ve seen letter changes are only possible
with Windows Ok, and from windows, not outside windows. Think about
repair install, but this should not respect Docs and Settings folder at all.
Anyway, save your documents first, and if you are a principiant on this,
call a computer tecnician, documents are the more valuable part of your
computer.
Finally, dont try registry changes, if you dont have a clue what re u doing
really

hope this helps, Carlos.

<Keith.Van.Wetter@xxxxxxxxx> escribió en el mensaje
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1) I have the same problem, although System Restore is off. I have
Docs&Settings on a second hard drive, and used RegCrawler to change
the drive letter. I then verify everything in Regedit (ex: search for
any entries of C:\Documents and Settings, and if needed, change drive
letter to D:\). However, upon reboot, though I have admin rights, the
settings revert to the previous!

2) Incidentally, I have been told that it is possible during XP
installation to actually choose to which drive one wishes to install
Docs&Settings, and yet I have never been able to find the screen that
shows this option! Has anybody seen this mysterious option?

3) How does one discover the disk volume#? i.e., if currently "\Devices
\HarddiskVolume1\Documents And Settings" and I want to have
Docs&Settings on drive G or H, how do I know what the volume# should
be, considering that there are multiple partitions on 2 drives? Is it
merely the obvious, starting with disk 0, counting each consecutive
partition as the subsequent volume#? This also frustratingly reverts
to the previous setting when changed!



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