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Manual XP restore

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by mcbane

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What folder do I go to on C: to do a Manual restore of Windows XP and what 6 files do I copy out of there to restore?

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by millertimes

The system restore points are located in c:\C:\System Volume Information\_restore{XXXX}
within there you will have folders of restore points. Open the restore point in which you don't have an issue with. In that folder you have a snapshot folder. You will have your five registry files in there, _Registry_Machine_Sam/security/system/software/
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Copy to c:\windows\system32\config and rename existing files in dir. rename system restore registry. You should be good to go.

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