Presumably the app comes with a boot disk that will allow you to explore the various OS's on the disks and overwrite the applicable registry with the backup you created.
I'm sure Tom has tried this boot disk and it has no trouble telling which OS the backup came from. On Sat, Nov 29, 2008 at 11:36 AM, Richard P. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > While I understand that always backing up is a good thing to do, how > would this have helped in the quoted example? Just trying to > understand if there's a way to boot to the original registry. > > Richard P. > >>>CAVEAT: i had run a similar program a couple years ago. it found some >>>200 errors in my registry. after i cleaned them all out, the machine >>>would not boot, and could not be repaired. i had to reload XP, programs, >>>and data. >> >> That is why the one I use (Registry First Aid) forces me to make a >> registry backup before it runs. ************************************************************************* ** List info, subscription management, list rules, archives, privacy ** ** policy, calmness, a member map, and more at http://www.cguys.org/ ** *************************************************************************
