-=PCTechTalk=- Re: CORRUPT REGISRTY

Gman,

I will be wiping and reinstalling xp (dell) computer with a restore disk.

christy
But will not do until purchase of other computer and it is up and running.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gman" <gman.pctt@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 5:35 PM
Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- Re: CORRUPT REGISRTY


> Jan,
>    I'll send in directions for creating a registry backup in a separate
> post, since more than one of you are asking about it.
>
>    From a tech support point of view, a wipe/reinstall of Vista is the
> absolute best option.  It will clean out any corruption or mangled 
> registry
> settings and take the system back to its 'factory fresh' state.  There 
> will
> no longer be a reason why bluetooth won't work as advertised and the 
> system
> will feel much more responsive.  The reason I don't suggest it more often 
> is
> that I have this really bad habit of keeping in mind how much work it can
> sometimes take to get everything reinstalled and back to where the 
> customer
> wants it to be.       :/
>
>    As for your thoughts about the backup containing the corruption, you 
> are
> correct, but only up to a point.  It's true that the cause of the issue 
> will
> be backed up right along with everything else, but we'll never use that 
> part
> of the backup.  Your reinstall of Vista will replace any corrupted system
> files, your install of the bluetooth drivers will replace any corruption
> there and you'll get a shiny brand new registry that will also be free of
> any corruption.  The reason for performing the full backup of all files is
> so that you'll be able to later recover any & all personal files you might
> wish to save.  Since these files can often be found in places other than
> within the master Documents folder, it makes sense to just save the whole
> mess and sort through it later.  I've sent in at least one tutorial on
> dealing with this part of an OS reconstruction before (I believe it was
> during a discussion of Roger's options about a year ago), so I'll try to 
> dig
> that out and modify it a bit for Vista.
>
>    If you have any questions before we get started, let me know as soon as
> possible.
>
> Peace,
> Gman
> http://www.bornagainamerican.org
>
> "The only dumb questions are the ones we fail to ask"
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jan Robey" <hrstreak@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: "_PCTechTalk" <pctechtalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, February 28, 2009 4:17 PM
> Subject: -=PCTechTalk=- CORRUPT REGISRTY
>
>
>> Hi G,
>> My computer is still in the state of not wanting to recognize Bluetooth,
>> nor
>> do I really know why.  Last week you began trying to help me sort out 
>> what
>> to do about it, but my job took all my time & energy the rest of the week
>> so
>> we didn't get far.
>>
>> I'm feeling a bit over whelmed & would like to think about a quick fix to
>> this situation.  Last week I bought an external hard drive with the
>> intentions of backing up programs & all the last few years of material I
>> put
>> in to the computer.  If it is a corrupted something in this computer, I
>> was
>> concerned about taking the corruption with the back up.  So now I'm
>> thinking
>> maybe I just want to save all the many thousand emails in Windows Mail &
>> just let the computer get reformatted so I can just keep up with things.
>> Can you give me your step by step assistance in putting all the emails on
>> the external drive, & then how to put them back in?  Of course the 
>> address
>> book is important as well.
>>
>> Or if you have any other suggestions, I am open,
>> Jan
>
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