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Shane:
Honestly it sounds like you would be far better off reinstalling Windows since it wasnt in good shape when you got it.

If you need a windows disk you can grab the image of it here
https://sites.google.com/site/linuxlablibrary/windows-iso

Then use a program like imgburn to burn the iso image back to a dvd-r. Or you can use a iso to usb tool to make a usb thumb drive bootable and have the windows 7 setup on it.

If you have a sticker with the windows 7 keycode on the case then you can just use the iso. The key on the sticker will work for both 32 and 64bit versions of Windows, so if the system has more than 3GB of ram you may want to put 64 bit on it so you can use memory above 3GB :-)

Shane

BoCat:
Again, my THANKS!, Shane and Boggin.  I had considered that the boot was taking place only with the registry backup, and that it simply could go no further because nothing was there to go to, but did not have a clue about where to go next. That may be an over simplification of what happened and not quite correct, but information and experience speaks for a lot, and my lack of both coupled with the age of the machine may have done me in. Being a Master Mechanic for 50 years, first and foremost taught me mistakes are how we learn.  I will dive into what you have given me tomorrow, educate myself, and go at it again. This was a time and toy project and I was under no illusions that sooner or later I might come up against the 'oops' factor.  I will post ya'll on the results as soon as I have some.  Talk to you soonest.      :smiley:

Boggin:
Before undertaking any major surgery it's always best to create a full system image onto external media such as DVDs or better - an external HDD and then you have something to fall back on to start again.

@ Shane - MS has pulled all of the usual Win 7 ISOs and they will only release the download when it has accepted a valid retail key and it doesn't always accept those - COA Sticker or vendor generic keys are not accepted.

Shane:

--- Quote ---COA Sticker or vendor generic keys are not accepted.
--- End quote ---

Yes they are, I do it almost daily when I reinstall customers machines :-)

The trick is when installing Windows and it asks for the key you can skip it, they dont force you to enter a key, then once installed you go to activate Windows and then put in your key and you are good to go.

Shane

Boggin:
That's okay if you already have a bootable ISO but most links now take you to http://microsofthup.com/hupus/error404.html and clicking on Windows Downloads takes you to http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/software-recovery

That is where I ended up after clicking on the Win 7 x64 in your link and the same on the Win7forums site.

Give that a go with a COA Sticker key or even a valid retail key and see if it will verify it.

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