Re: Windows registry cleanup tools - PowerQuest Drive Image

["Patricia M. Godfrey" priscamg@xxxxxxxx]

Harry Binswanger wrote:
> I don't see why not--the file that is running is in memory, isn't it?
> Why couldn't you copy the *files on the disk* that represent the OS?
Because in running, some of them are changed. So the
files on the disk are no longer identical with the
files in RAM, which only get saved back to disk when
Windows shuts down. This is certainly true of the
registry (system.dat & user.dat) and probably of other
files as well.


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Patricia M. Godfrey
PriscaMG@xxxxxxxx