ME dat ?

[Familyman]

What would happen if I booted from a recovery disk and renamed all the "dat" files?

Will windows reinstall everything fresh when I start it from the HD?

Thanks

[HAL9000]

You mean like USER.DAT, SYSTEM.DAT and CLASSES.DAT.... those are your registry files and the system would fail to boot.

[Familyman]

So windows will not reinstall fresh .DAT files?

[HAL9000]

Nope... the registry is built at the time of install and modified as programs are put it.... Windows can't just make a new generic registry.

[toomyg]

Originally posted by HAL9000
Nope... the registry is built at the time of install and modified as programs are put it.... Windows can't just make a new generic registry.





I bet theres alot like me that if something goes really wrong windows gives the option to rebuild the reg.



Check out this warning I get:D











LOL

[Familyman]

:confused:

[toomyg]

Originally posted by Familyman
:confused:




Sorry I meant it as a joke to lighten up the tread a little you could yes;)

[Familyman]

Oh, I see now. :)