Hey folks, so I went ahead and borked my computer by changing a couple of things in the registry. (Specifically, I stupidly followed LeetLaurence's advice on this thread: http://www.tomshardware.co.uk/answers/id-1792156/secondary-harddrive-question.html?_ga=2.83839696.774278065.1538950706-1437403924.1534264608
I had no backup, no restore point, command prompt wouldn't open, couldn't open regedit to revert my changes, nothing. I resigned myself to doing a fresh install of Windows 10.
Now that that's done, I realise that there's a lot about the fresh install that simply won't work, so I'm wondering, is it possible for me to use regedit from the new install of Windows 10 to fix the changes to the registry in windows.old? And then reinstate Windows.old and remove the new install of Windows?
I hope I've explained myself well enough, but let me know if there's anything I can clarify!
I had no backup, no restore point, command prompt wouldn't open, couldn't open regedit to revert my changes, nothing. I resigned myself to doing a fresh install of Windows 10.
Now that that's done, I realise that there's a lot about the fresh install that simply won't work, so I'm wondering, is it possible for me to use regedit from the new install of Windows 10 to fix the changes to the registry in windows.old? And then reinstate Windows.old and remove the new install of Windows?
I hope I've explained myself well enough, but let me know if there's anything I can clarify!