I just got done reformatting a computer and installing a bunch of software. Started overclocking it, forgot that it is never stable, and corrupted my registry hive.
Question: If I accidentally nuked my registry hive (i.e. config.sys is corrupt and XP is unbootable), would I be better off reinstalling everything, or just repairing the registry?
I don't believe any restore points were created, so I ended up restoring the registry with the files in c:\windows\repair.
On a different topic, what exactly is the use of the registry?
Question: If I accidentally nuked my registry hive (i.e. config.sys is corrupt and XP is unbootable), would I be better off reinstalling everything, or just repairing the registry?
I don't believe any restore points were created, so I ended up restoring the registry with the files in c:\windows\repair.
On a different topic, what exactly is the use of the registry?