registry revert

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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!
 
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."
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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.
 
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.
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I do not understand "Windows Ok". The reason why I have Docs&Settings
on a different drive is so as to optimize the function (and it works
well). The problem is that my niece disobeyed my orders for internet
use, and she got us the Win32.virtob virus, which destroyed
everything. I had to reinstall XP, but this time, I notice that my
changes to the registry do not stay upon reboot. Registry Crawler is
merely a faster way than manually changing each key using Regedit. I
obviously have established the actual folders (copied, then deleted)
on the second drive. All important documents are backed up anyway, so
I'm not concerned.
Finally, dont try registry changes, if you dont have a clue what re u doing
really
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I DO have a clue what I'm doing, Carlos. However, I realize that when
we installed Yahoo widgets is when everything changed, and I think
that this was the problem, but it should allow me to change the
registry settings (again) and stay that way.
 
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