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Corrupted registries - cr1ypt0 - Mar 20, 2025
I had a registry backup ( a normal export of .reg files) and i changed few of my registries back. So i was just trying to restore my registries using that backup but somehow the backup was corrupted and i didn't knew that and i restored it. It threw an error that i could be restored and the i turned off my pc after turning it on again, now the pc is not booting. I even tried advanced windows diagnostics and startup repair but it doesn't seem to work. And somehow out of stupidness i didn't had any restore point which i can revert back to. I used terminal in recovery mode and ran few things sfc /scannow and dism too but that doesn't seems to be working. Since microsoft has shut off the automatic recovery of registries so i didn't had backup of registries in RegBack too. Now my pc is not booting .It is not even booting in any of the safe modes. Any possibilities on what i can do in order to boot it?
RE: Corrupted registries - Tha Sneak - Mar 20, 2025
What OS are you running? Here are instructions to do a Windows 11 repair install: https://www.elevenforum.com/t/repair-install-windows-11-with-an-in-place-upgrade.418/
RE: Corrupted registries - DramaKing - Mar 20, 2025
(Mar 20, 2025 09:47 AM)cr1ypt0 Wrote: I had a registry backup ( a normal export of .reg files) and i changed few of my registries back. So i was just trying to restore my registries using that backup but somehow the backup was corrupted and i didn't knew that and i restored it. It threw an error that i could be restored and the i turned off my pc after turning it on again, now the pc is not booting. I even tried advanced windows diagnostics and startup repair but it doesn't seem to work. And somehow out of stupidness i didn't had any restore point which i can revert back to. I used terminal in recovery mode and ran few things sfc /scannow and dism too but that doesn't seems to be working. Since microsoft has shut off the automatic recovery of registries so i didn't had backup of registries in RegBack too. Now my pc is not booting .It is not even booting in any of the safe modes. Any possibilities on what i can do in order to boot it?
You messed with your registry and bricked your system? You tried to restore specific keys? Maybe the backup was corrupted, or maybe the keys were no longer valid for the system state. I would try a factory reset, or failing that, backup your files and reinstall. It's unlikely that you can repair the registry on an unbootable system.
RE: Corrupted registries - cr1ypt0 - Mar 22, 2025
Inplace upgrade won't work since it requires to boot the system. Also i tried storing specific keys which might boot my system which would have been a mess afterwards. So i did reset the system while keeping my files and now it is booting fine. Thank you for the response.