How do I repair W7 without reinstalling my games?

Barso · 21 Mar 2010 at 11:58

I think my W7 64bit needs repaired due to using cleaner and accidently ruining my registry.
But I have over 500GB on my 2nd D drive including games, mods and I don't want to sit for days reinstalling it all again.
W7 and utilities are on my C drive but how can I do a full W7 repair without affecting all the game entries in the registry?
Is it possible?
Thanks.

blaineoliver · 21 Mar 2010 at 11:59

Depends what games, if you have steam then just dont format, reinstall and load steam, good as new.

Barso · 21 Mar 2010 at 12:01

Some steam but mostly disc based games.

bhavv · 21 Mar 2010 at 12:54

Theres a thread I made here about doing this using a system image:

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18122921&highlight=startername_bhavv

You would need another drive to create an image of your PC onto, and then you can restore it all as it currently is.

Barso · 21 Mar 2010 at 13:01

Thanks, much appreciated.