Repair mode

[vinifera]

my question goes for Repair option when booted from CD

except clearing whole Windows directory and putting original files back to it

what else does it do ?

[ChiefZeke]

my question goes for Repair option when booted from CD

except clearing whole Windows directory and putting original files back to it

what else does it do ?

As the name implies - it 'repairs' Windows back to its original state with the exception that it makes no changes to the other software you may have installed - thereby saving you the time and effort of installing all of the other stuff you have on your system.

Depending on the verion of Windows involved you could have 'updated' the original Windows CD via slipstreaming/integrating any updates that came out after the release of the original CD so that the 'repair' is as up-to-date as the updates rather than using the original CD whcih could be months/years out-of-date.

A Google search of 'slipstreaming' will provide further info on that subject.

[vinifera]

you missed the whole point of my question

[Guest]

It may also make changes to the registry. I don't know how this may affect installed programs.

[vinifera]

do you know if it resets only HKLM or some others too ?

[allen2]

Even though i am not sure, from what i saw, it seems the repair install do :

- do chkdsk of the boot drive

- copy (overwrite if needed) the sources files (those present on the CD and the drivers if installed with F6

- do not modify too much reg hives except the system one (HKLM\System).