Hi Alexander
Had go use (in understanding of recovery) using your article which I believe closely quote the Microsoft article KB307545. But one typo has sneaked into your 'Short Version', and that close to the last step:
-"Navigate to Windows/system32/
control folder..."
where you should have noted:
-"Navigate to Windows/system32/
config folder..."
Anyway, I had to refresh my UBCD4WIN boot DVD since my last was built on WinXP SP2, so I started grabbing my official WinXP SP2 source and followed the build-instructions and SlipStreamed Win-XP SP3 onto the HDD copy of my WinXP SP2 build.
See
UBCD for Windows.
Configuring the becoming UBCD Boot image, I found what seemed to be a useful tool (to me and perhaps to a lot of others):
Registry Restore Wizard, within the FileTools !
Once my boot DVD was built to save my other laptop with the registry problem (SYSTEM registry), and I fired it up with UBCD boot, I started the Registry Restore Wizard.
Amazingly easy to use, I could simply select which Restore Point to goback to, and just press 'OK'. A few copy and renames were done by the Wizard, and it was finished.
Ejected my boot DVD for another reboot using my HDD C:\WINDOWS partition, I found that it was starting without any problems
So now I would recommend everyone with this cumbersome registry problem(s) to this wonderful easy recovery method.
Thanks for pointing me to this UBCD4WIN via your article
