Restore registry with no boot

Discussion in 'Software' started by jamiehook01, Dec 5, 2009.

  1. jamiehook01

    jamiehook01 Private E-2

    Hi All,

    I am looking for some help, I recently got a virus/malware and cannot boot my computer As a result I need to restore my registry from a backup as that seems the root cause of why my computer wont boot.

    I need to know firstly how I can get the registry backup from my hard disk with no GUI boot, it is saved in my documents - windows 7. (this was backed up about a week ago for something else)

    Secondly I need to know how to restore it with out being able to get into the OS.

    - I am running windows 7 x64.
    - I have tried booting into safemode from the windows cd and it just trys install windows again
    - I have tried using the windows recovery CD and it always fails stating the root cause is a corrupt registry


    Please let me know if you need any more information

    Thanks in advance for any help you can provide
     
  2. Adrynalyne

    Adrynalyne Guest

  3. jamiehook01

    jamiehook01 Private E-2

    Hi Thanks for that,

    I actually tried that with Linux mint booting from a flash drive before your post but I could not mount the hard drive to access it.

    However I Have now solved the problem, After many unsuccessful boot attempts I finally got to a repair screen from the windows 7 disk and it gave me the option to open command prompt.

    From command prompt I opened regedit and a gui version came up and I was able to backup the current registry and restore my old one!!

    Hope this helps someone in the future

    Cheers,

    Jamie

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