Guest carl5544@aol.co.uk Posted November 28, 2007 Posted November 28, 2007 I recently had to reinstall Windows ME. I had previously backed up the hard disk (by setting it as a slave in another machine and transferring everything to DVDs) and had hoped to restore everything by simply copying everything from the DVDs back onto the same hard disk. But for some reason it wouldn't boot ("invalid system disk" message). So I reinstalled Win ME and used the DVDs to manually put back most of my data. However, there are some registry entries (presets for a photo program) that I need to restore to the new registry but I don't know how to do this. I know how to use regedit to make copies of registry keys from the C drive, but how do I get them from a DVD so I can then add them to the new registry? Any help will be much appreciated.
Guest Joan Archer Posted November 28, 2007 Posted November 28, 2007 Re: Adding to the registry from a disc I can't really help with your problem but one thing that springs to mind is have you actually installed the photo program back into the system. I don't think you can just copy registry entries for a program you have to actually install the program to make it work. I could be completely wrong here but they are my thoughts, but wait until one of the experts see your post and they'll be able to put you right <g> Joan <carl5544@aol.co.uk> wrote in message news:71837dd9-5107-427b-99a9-3df8b7280dd3@i29g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > I recently had to reinstall Windows ME. I had previously backed up the > hard disk (by setting it as a slave in another machine and > transferring everything to DVDs) and had hoped to restore everything > by simply copying everything from the DVDs back onto the same hard > disk. But for some reason it wouldn't boot ("invalid system disk" > message). > > So I reinstalled Win ME and used the DVDs to manually put back most of > my data. However, there are some registry entries (presets for a photo > program) that I need to restore to the new registry but I don't know > how to do this. I know how to use regedit to make copies of registry > keys from the C drive, but how do I get them from a DVD so I can then > add them to the new registry? > > Any help will be much appreciated.
Guest carl5544@aol.co.uk Posted November 28, 2007 Posted November 28, 2007 Re: Adding to the registry from a disc Yes, I have reinstalled the program, but unusually the presets are all located in the registry and nowhere else. So I have to restore that part of my old registry to be able to use the presets.
Guest John John Posted November 28, 2007 Posted November 28, 2007 Re: Adding to the registry from a disc You may be able to do this with older versions or Registrar by Resplendence software. We usually refer to this as Remote Registry Editing. How well or not this works will depend on what files you have to work with, improper backups or exported registry files will probaly not be usable for the purpose. http://tucows.mundofree.com/preview/983.html John carl5544@aol.co.uk wrote: > Yes, I have reinstalled the program, but unusually the presets are all > located in the registry and nowhere else. So I have to restore that > part of my old registry to be able to use the presets. >
Guest Mart Posted November 28, 2007 Posted November 28, 2007 Re: Adding to the registry from a disc Very odd that you don't have access thru' the program, however my guess is that you'd have difficulty attempting to extract anything from the Registry's .dat files (user.dat etc) on the DVD - as JJ has mentioned elsewhere on the thread. And I certainly wouldn't recommend transposing them 'wholesale' unless you really know what you are doing and especially without backing-up the originals first. However, the rbxxx.cab files in the Windows\sysbckup folder should be safe enough to get you going again using scanreg /restore from a floppy if things really go pear shaped. But, as it would appear to be a bit of an 'odd-ball' and possibly older program, you *might* find that the presets are more likely to be located in the win.ini or system.ini files, or even an .ini file associated with the actual program itself. If so, you should find copies (of the first two) in the Windows folder, the associated.ini file (if present) may also be located in the Windows folder or could be in the folder associated with the program - a search may be necessary. At least the .ini files can be read (and edited) with a simple text editor such as Notepad. Good luck - you may need it <g> Mart <carl5544@aol.co.uk> wrote in message news:b4d680d7-8ec1-4e0c-accf-4051bf04c5ce@e4g2000hsg.googlegroups.com... > Yes, I have reinstalled the program, but unusually the presets are all > located in the registry and nowhere else. So I have to restore that > part of my old registry to be able to use the presets. >
Guest carl5544@aol.co.uk Posted November 29, 2007 Posted November 29, 2007 Re: Adding to the registry from a disc Many thanks to everyone for the advice. JJ, I downloaded the Resplendent Registrar program you recommended and it did the trick. I opened the old user.dat file from the DVD in Resplendent Registrar, and then I was able to copy all the relevant registry keys and paste them into the corresponding folder in the new registry. And now I have all my old presets back. Thanks again to everyone.
Guest carl5544@aol.co.uk Posted November 29, 2007 Posted November 29, 2007 Re: Adding to the registry from a disc Further to the above: it was the system.dat file (not user.dat) that I got the registry keys back from.
Guest John John Posted November 29, 2007 Posted November 29, 2007 Re: Adding to the registry from a disc carl5544@aol.co.uk wrote: > Many thanks to everyone for the advice. JJ, I downloaded the > Resplendent Registrar program you recommended and it did the trick. I > opened the old user.dat file from the DVD in Resplendent Registrar, > and then I was able to copy all the relevant registry keys and paste > them into the corresponding folder in the new registry. And now I have > all my old presets back. > > Thanks again to everyone. You're welcome, thanks for the follow up. John
Guest Joan Archer Posted November 29, 2007 Posted November 29, 2007 Re: Adding to the registry from a disc Glad you got things working again, told you the experts would sort you out <g> Joan <carl5544@aol.co.uk> wrote in message news:bc5d288d-83de-46bd-a2bb-fd8c6486dc3c@e10g2000prf.googlegroups.com... > Many thanks to everyone for the advice. JJ, I downloaded the > Resplendent Registrar program you recommended and it did the trick. I > opened the old user.dat file from the DVD in Resplendent Registrar, > and then I was able to copy all the relevant registry keys and paste > them into the corresponding folder in the new registry. And now I have > all my old presets back. > > Thanks again to everyone.
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