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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
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