Re: restoring registry from memory??

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From: Dave Patrick (mail_at_NoSpam.DSPatrick.com)
Date: 07/01/04

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    Date: Thu, 1 Jul 2004 16:18:51 -0600

    Where are you going to get this registry from? Why would you think that a
    registry from a different install is going to work for you? If the file
    structure doesn't line up exactly with the registry structure then it simply
    won't work, at least not correctly. 

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
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"John" wrote:
| Yes, i accidently restored my OS from backup.  i restored
| it from a cd that was used to backup my old laptop.  im
| using windows 2000 prpofessional.  do i need to restore my
| registry or thje system state?  either way, how do i go
| about doing that??  thanks for your reply
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