repairing the registry

[David]

What do I type at the Crompt to repair windows using my
original disc??

 

[Rocket J. Squirrel]

"How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade (Reinstallation) of Windows XP"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315341&Product=winxp

Rocky

 

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

What do I type at the Crompt to repair windows using my
original disc??

In addition to doing an install and selecting repair, as RJS noted, you
can take the first option and run the Recovery Console. You can use the
command prompt of the Recovery Console to copy backup copies of your
registry hives to repair corrupted hives. There are several
KnowledgeBase articles that describe different scenarios depending on
what your error message indicates is wrong. The basic technique is to
find the most recent backup copy of the damaged hive (SOFTWARE and
SYSTEM are the two most common corruptions) in the NTbackup folder or by
extracting a hive from the SVI folder that is created by System Restore.

Post back and let us know what error you are trying to fix and we can
find you the appropriate KB article with step by step commands for RC.

 

[Guest]

After instatlling Pinnicle Studio 9 and atttempting to
remove the registy lines they recomend to allow pinnicle
to see my DVD drive, I lost the ablity for anythig to see
my DVD drive, even My Computer.
Thanks

 

[Kent W. England [MVP]]

After instatlling Pinnicle Studio 9 and atttempting to remove the
registy lines they recomend to allow pinnicle to see my DVD drive, I
lost the ablity for anythig to see my DVD drive, even My Computer.
Thanks

In your case, since the system can boot, you run System Restore and
restore back to the latest restore point that precedes your installation
of Pinnacle Studio 9. My advice assumes, and the implication of the
original question is, that the system cannot boot. If you are indeed the
OP, please maintain your original identity in follow-ups.