using ubuntu to fix windows

[steve]

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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 at gforce-industries.co.uk>
| 07862725134
|
| GForce Industries
| 86, Warwick Avenue,
| Quorn,
| Loughborough,
| LEICS.
| LE12 8HE
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|     ----- Original Message -----
|     *From:* Don Raikes <mailto:don at draikes.com>
|     *To:* Ubuntu user technical support,not for general discussions
|     <mailto:ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com>
|     *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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