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Bigzig   10-27-2009 at 07:36:31 PM

I accidentally deleted one or more registry keys and I would like to know if I can fix it by reinstalling the original Vista disc that came with the computer. Any help in laymen terms would be appreciated. Thanx


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by reinstalling you will loose everything, what the reinstall does is it formats the hard drive> it writes a fresh copy of the operating system over the current data
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pkusnierz   10-27-2009 at 08:26:20 PM

reinstalling the original would work, have you backed up your system prior to loosing the registry keys?

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Bigzig   10-27-2009 at 08:32:22 PM

No, thats my second problem, popup says "last backup failed" not enough free space. PS I am NOT a very tech savvy guy. I've been trying to figure out how to free up space but when I do, the box says cleaup will not free any space, I don't get it

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pkusnierz   10-27-2009 at 08:36:26 PM

in that case just reinstall, boot to the vista disc and you will be guided step by step on reinstalling the software

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Bigzig   10-27-2009 at 08:42:27 PM

pkusnierz wrote :

reinstalling the original would work, have you backed up your system prior to loosing the registry keys?



I thank you for answering me. I wanted to say also, that I don't even know for sure if I did delete any registry keys, I think I might have, but not positive. That sounds stupid but sometimes I fiddle with stuff on this computer that I probably should'nt. It may be that it's got too much stuff downloaded onto it that makes it act up.

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Bigzig   10-27-2009 at 08:51:35 PM

By reinstalling the startup disc,will I lose anything that's on the computer by not being able to backup or will it retain everything?

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pkusnierz   10-27-2009 at 09:28:07 PM
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by reinstalling you will loose everything, what the reinstall does is it formats the hard drive> it writes a fresh copy of the operating system over the current data

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