in-place reinstall...will it work?

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Here is my situation. I just started for a company. They don't have any
backups. They don't have an ERD. They didn't do a regback either. A recent
registry tweak caused the system to blue screen on restart. BSOD trying Safe
Mode. BSOD trying Last Known Good. BSOD trying Safe Mode w/Command Prompt.
BSOD all around. From memory it is a STOP: OXC000024 error.

I have tried doing a parallel installation to get at the registry in the
original install but neither regedit or regedt32 will pull in another local
file.

I found in the Knowledge Base something that basically says to do an
"in-place upgrade" and Windows 2000 should replace the default registry
settings while leaving the 3rd-party tweaks alone.

It may be inevitable that I have to do a clean reinstall but if this is a
last longshot I am willing to take it.

Suggestions or Ideas welcome. Very welcome!
 
What "tweak"? Yes regedt32.exe can load the hives from the other install.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

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| Here is my situation. I just started for a company. They don't have any
| backups. They don't have an ERD. They didn't do a regback either. A recent
| registry tweak caused the system to blue screen on restart. BSOD trying
Safe
| Mode. BSOD trying Last Known Good. BSOD trying Safe Mode w/Command Prompt.
| BSOD all around. From memory it is a STOP: OXC000024 error.
|
| I have tried doing a parallel installation to get at the registry in the
| original install but neither regedit or regedt32 will pull in another
local
| file.
|
| I found in the Knowledge Base something that basically says to do an
| "in-place upgrade" and Windows 2000 should replace the default registry
| settings while leaving the 3rd-party tweaks alone.
|
| It may be inevitable that I have to do a clean reinstall but if this is a
| last longshot I am willing to take it.
|
| Suggestions or Ideas welcome. Very welcome!
|
|
 
I the sub-keys for the OS/2 and POSIX subsystem (which I have done countless
times before).

How do I use regedt32.exe to open the hives? Do I do file->open hives and
point it to the other system file in c:\winnt\system32\config?
 
Run regedt32, then from the Local Machine Hive, choose Registry|Load Hive.
Then navigate to the location of the hive you want to edit/read. Give it
some tempname (doesn't matter what). Then when your done, move the cursor
back to tempname, then Registry|Unload Hive, Registry|Exit

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

:
| I the sub-keys for the OS/2 and POSIX subsystem (which I have done
countless
| times before).
 
Dave Patrick said:
What "tweak"? Yes regedt32.exe can load the hives from the other install.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]
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Ah I did it. I loaded the hives and put back the keys, restarted and
they are up now! Thanks!
 
Glad to hear it.

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

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| >
| Ah I did it. I loaded the hives and put back the keys, restarted and
| they are up now! Thanks!
 
Just out of curiosity. CAN you do an in-place upgrade of Windows 2000 over a
prior Windows 2000 installation?
 
These articles may help you.

How to Perform an In-Place Upgrade of Windows 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=292175

What an In-Place Windows 2000 Upgrade Changes and What It Does Not Change
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=306952

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Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft MVP [Windows NT/2000 Operating Systems]

:
| Just out of curiosity. CAN you do an in-place upgrade of Windows 2000 over
a
| prior Windows 2000 installation?
 
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