Re: using ubuntu to fix windows

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Gareth Howells wrote:
| Hi Don,
|
| I'm not aware of any utilities to do what you want. The trouble with
| your plan is that over the years, the Windows registry has grown and
| grown and unless you know exactly which entry is causing the problem,
| chances are that you will not be able to fix this problem merely with a
| registry edit. Speaking from a Windows sysadmin's perspective, whenever
| a Windows box fails, the best option is always a wipe and reinstall.
|
| Gareth
|
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|
| Gareth Howells, CertHE (Dunelm), BCS
| CEO, GForce Industries
|
| garethATgforce-industriesDOTcoDOTuk
<mailto:gareth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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| GForce Industries
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| ----- Original Message -----
| *From:* Don Raikes <mailto:don@xxxxxxxxxxx>
| *To:* Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
| <mailto:ubuntu-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
| *Sent:* Thursday, January 24, 2008 5:03 AM
| *Subject:* using ubuntu to fix windows
|
| Hi everyone,
|
| I have a dual-boot system vista and gutsy.
| All was working fine until today.
|
| Now when I try to open vista, it goes into an endless loop of
| starting to load ... bsod ... reboot.
|
| When I select vista the second time, I am given the option to enter
| last good known configuration and safe mode. I have tried both of
| these and the same thing happens.
|
| So... now for my question.
| Are there any utilities I can use from within gutsy to edit/clean my
| vista registry?
| I know ther are tools for doing things like resetting passwords, so
| I suspect the tools are available somewhere, but in all my googling
| I haven't found them.
|
| Any help would be greatly appreciated.
| My vista re-install cd is 1,500 miles away, and would prefer not to
| have it shipped if possible.
|

is there no restore partition?





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