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   PID: Synchronet 3.18c-Linux master/dcb003099 Dec 31 2020 GCC 7.5.0   
   TID: SBBSecho 3.12-Linux master/dcb003099 Dec 31 2020 GCC 7.5.0   
   BBSID: CAPCITY2   
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   Howdy! Mike,   
      
   XP booted fine this morning.   
      
   The last Acronis True Image (TI) back up I made was done back in   
   2018.   
      
   I used Windows Explorer on another pc to look at that file and   
   copied the config subdirectory (c:\windows\system32\config) on it   
   to a thumbdrive.   
      
   I used a Ubuntu v16.04.3 Live CD on the XP box to put the file   
   called "system" from the Thumbdrive in place of the "system" file   
   that was in XP's C:\windows\system32\config\ subdirectory.   
      
   And doing that brought the XP pc back to life!   
      
   Thanks to Jean Parrot who wrote in this echo long ago about his   
   experience of using a CD with Ubuntu v7.04 as a Live CD to try   
   learning about Ubuntu.   
      
   He called Ubuntu "U'u" in his messages, and I still use that   
   abbreviation.   
      
   Jean's success gave me the idea to try playing with U'u myself   
   so I downloaded a copy of U'u v7.04, burned it on a CD-R disk,   
   and ran it as a Live CD to see what I could learn.   
      
   Before I tried the above procedure, I first tried to use TI by   
   booting from the 'TI Bootable CD' I made after I installed TI.   
      
   I wanted to use the Restore option to get the "system" file from   
   my 2018 TI backup, but after selecting the Restore option   
   I couldn't find the old back up file to do the Restore, so I went   
   to plan Number Two (above).   
      
   And it worked!!!!!!!!   
      
   Now, besides reading gobs of BBS messages, I got to wade through   
   the 170+ Emails I got yesterday in my Thunderbird In-Box.   
      
   And all of the other things (projects) I wanted to do but couldn't   
   because XP wasn't working then.   
      
   Here On Earth Computers Alway Win Because THEY Have Inside Information.   
      
   73 (Best Regards) de Ed W9ODR         dit             dit   
      
      
   ... The care and feeding of a computer could drive You MAD!   
   --- MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.49   
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