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Restore the Registry from back up

If you need to restore the Registry, you must first exit to DOS. Do this by selecting Start, Shut down, Restart in MS-DOS mode. At the DOS prompt type the following commands, pressing Enter at the end of each line:

attrib -r -s -h c:\regback\*.*
attrib -r -s -h c:\windows\user.dat
attrib -r -s -h c:\windows\system.dat
copy c:\regback\*.* c:\windows /y
attrib +r +s +h c:\windows\user.dat
attrib +r +s +h c:\windows\system.dat

See also tip Back up the Registry
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