2a. Now we will have to boot off of the CD. To boot off of the CD we will either have to set the computer too boot to the CD in the BIOS and press any key When we get the message "Press any key to boot from CD".

2b. Otherwise we will have to either press the DEL, F2, F9, F12 right after you start the computer. You should get a boot device menu with a option for "IDE CD-ROM" or some variation. Once you select the CD-ROM drive in the boot device menu you will get a message to "Press any key to boot from CD" an you will have to press (any key) a button as soon as you see that message.

3. Now you will have a blue loading screen that will say windows setup at the top. Just let everything load and do not choose any of the options. You will eventually get to a screen that says "Welcome to setup".

4. At the "Welcome to Setup" screen press R to repair which will bring us to the recovery console a black screen. It may take a second or two and then you will be asked to choose which windows installation to use. press the 1 and then press enter. We will then have to enter a administrator password or just press enter if there is no password.

5. Now that we are in the Recovery console we can complete a system restore. At this point you should be at a command line that will say C:\Windows> with the curser waiting for input.

6.  We will now have to change directory to the system restore directory. First type cd.. and then cd system~1 to get to the system restore directory.

7. If you receive  a message Access is denied like the one in the picture below continue with the next steps otherwise continue with step 9.

8. We will have to change the rights to the folder by entering the following commands

cd windows
cd system32
cd config

and then press enter. Now we have to Rename the system file to system.bak by entering ren system system.bak and then press enter. Now restart the computer by typing exit and pressing enter and start back step 1.

9. Now that we are in the "system~1" folder we will have to go to the folder "_resto~1". To go to this folder type the following cd  _resto~1 and press enter. Now we will have the command line looking like this C:\system~1\_resto~1>. If the folder does not exist we will have to complete a parallel install to access information on the system or complete a reinstall of windows and just loose the information the the drive.

10. In the _resto~1 folder type dir and then press enter and this will display the contents of the folder. Look for files called RP# Where the # sign will be some number. The RP# folder with the highest number will be the latest restore point.

11. type cd RP# and then press enter  where the # sign will be the highest number that you can locate and then press enter. Type cd snapshot and then press enter. The command line will now look like this C:\system~1\resto~1\RP#\snapshot>.

12. Now we will have to enter the following five commands to complete the restore. If you are prompted to overwrite existing? press Y and the press enter to go on to the next command.

copy  _registry_machine_system c:\windows\system32\config\system
copy  _registry_machine_software c:\windows\system32\config\software
copy  _registry_machine_security c:\windows\system32\config\security
copy  _registry_machine_sam c:\windows\system32\config\sam
copy  _registry_user_.default c:\windows\system32\config\default

13. Once they are all copied type exit and press enter and then let the computer restart normally.


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