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i'm needing to copy the registry of my win2k i have on one partition, to my win2k i have on my other partition. how can i do this? |
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export the registry on the first disk and save it to your second disk. import it from there.. or did i miss something |
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the win2k instance under my c drive partition isn't bootable, even under safe mode (why i have another windows installed). so i need to get this registry ex/inported over to the good one. i have the following OS's installed win2k(bad)win2k(good), win98(no registry, just installed to help install wink2k), and DOS. |
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youre going to have problems. /end |
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could you elaborate? |
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you can't import complete registries to a new windows install. just doesn't work; things will screw up, and you'll have fun galore. i'd recommend exporting only relevant sections of the registry (i.e. HKEY_LOCAL_COMPUTER/Software/Softwarecompany/Softwarename), completely reinstalling windows, then *if* that particular program that requires registry items, you import only *that* part of the registry. windows is rather gay. |
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can i do this farely easy with...regedit? |
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nah, regedit's a faget man - won't let you export sections of the registry. look on google for some more featureful editors. any relevant names pass me. |
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THere must be 10 to 50 - thousand entries in an regular registry... Maybe not so many but...something like that. Why not try exporting the whole lot? You seem to have nothing to loose... |
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By the way... If you have a FAT32 filesystem, try "upgrading" to NTFS (it's easily done in windows or with a program called Partition Magic) - that will make dataloss after a incomplete shutdown less probable. But you wont be able to use Windows 98 anymore...probably for the best. |
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can i export the sections of the "crap" windows while running in the "good" windows instance? i still don't know how exactly to do this, ie how do i open up the registry of the "crap" windows to export it; what's the filename/dir of these registry files? |
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That's what I came to think about too... I have no idea where to physically find the reg., if it's in one file. Ask google. |
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As the site says: "Windows Registry, Everything You Need To Know" http://www.gammadyne.com/registry.htm |
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exporting an entire registry on a fucked windows system, and reimporting it on a fresh install is silly. half the problems *WITH* fucked windows installs *IS* the registry... just export the parts you want. all you'll need specifically is parts for programs that you haven't got the original installation files for... |
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is it possible to upgrade the "crap" instance of win2k to xp, and will doing that use the same registry? if so, can i downgrade to 2000 afterwards? |
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not really, even if upgrading works, downgrading usually just pulls the old registry back in. if anything, install win 2k over the top. |
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i say fuck it! if windows aint runnin too well chances are the problem is in the registry. just reinstall, and start from scratch. |
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