What is better to repair windows?Windows CD or recovery console?

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kill b asked:


I need to repair something at Windows 2000 Peo registry.What should I use?Windows CD or recovery console?
I don’t want to loose my updates!
This is what I need to repair:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\System\CurrentControlSet\Services\i8042prt\Parameters

I tried to make a change there in order to install a mouse but now it doesn’t recognize my keyboard too!
Here is what Microsoft say:
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/262798/en-us

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4 Responses to “What is better to repair windows?Windows CD or recovery console?”

  1. Lindsay G Says:
    March 27th, 2007 at 6:00 pm

    The repair wont delete any of your data and can fix most problems, but not all. If you do the recovery, I believe that will delete your data, but this will 100% fix any software system related problem.

  2. Jan C Says:
    March 29th, 2007 at 3:05 am

    Your best bet is go to and you will find exactly how to restore part of the program.

  3. DV Says:
    March 30th, 2007 at 3:56 pm

    I believe System Restore doesn’t exist on Win 2000 – but it would be your first option if it did.

    Windows repair from the CD is a better option for you, because recovery console is a command line based environment which would be pretty tough for you to perform the necessary tasks.

    All the Windows repair option does is re-copy all the files back to the Windows directory and apply the registry settings.

    Hope this helps.

  4. Lahori Says:
    April 2nd, 2007 at 11:46 pm

    Recovery console is the best solution if you have it in 2000.

    If you repair by Windows CD, sure you will lose all of your updates.

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