If I drag a copy of user.dat & system.dat to a C:\Windows\reg file, will the following bat file restore by typing rr from a dos prompt? Is there anything I have to do with the attributes of user.dat & system.dat when dragging them to the reg folder? attrib -h -s -r c:\windows\system.dat attrib -h -s -r c:\windows\user.dat attrib -h -s -r c:\windows\reg\*.dat ren c:\windows\system.dat system.old ren c:\windows\user.dat user.old copy c:\windows\reg\system.dat c:\windows\system.dat /y copy c:\windows\reg\user.dat c:\windows\user.dat /y Save and exit and rename it RR.BAT.

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