RegEdit another system after Via IDE update BSOD

[Dan Farrell Davis]

Hello

I'm attempting to rehab a computer which fell victim to the Via IDE update
from Microsoft Update.

I've been able to load another version of Windows to boot the machine since
the machine gets a BSOD before any other rehab using the original Windows
install.

Now that I've backed up the user files using 21 DVD ROMS, I'm hoping to
rehab the original Windows install by changing what must be a simple
parameter so it boots up using the correct RAID driver and not whatever the
Via IDE update did to it.

Since this is a Sony machine without recovery disks, Sony's recovery
partition system will only wipe the entire drive back to factory install.
This is a path I would prefer to avoid due to its time-consuming updating of
Windows, regeneration of the users email, etc.

Shouldn't I be able to edit the registry from the original install and
correct the disk driver?

<sigh>

 

[Rich Barry]

Dan, if you can get to the System Restore or System Volume Information
folder >RPXX Folder XX = number value. Pick a RP Folder number about
third from highest. Go to Snapshot folder and copy the first five Reg files.
Should be
Registry_Machine_Sam, Registry_Machine_Security etc. Then paste those
files into the C:\Windows\System32\Config
Folder. Find the Sam, Security, Software, System and Default Reg files
there and create a new folder and move the files
into the folder you created. Then rename the files you just pasted to Sam,
Security etc by removing the Registry_Machine
from the original name.