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One is hardware, one is software. OS/X (Mac) has no such thing as registry, so 'the registry' is software and is a main point for operating system info about a windows 95 to Vista install. A bad hard drive is a physical error in the hardware and cannot be fixed by reinstalling anything.
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What is the registry on a motherboard?
There is no "registry" on a motherboard. The Windows Registry is stored on the hard drive.
If you format your hard drive do you remove the registry?
Yes. All data on the hard drive will be destroyed, including the Windows Registry.
What is the difference between a flash drive and hard drive?
lol really
What is the difference between hard disk and hard drive?
absolutely nothing
What is the difference between a parmanent hard disk drive and a removable hard disk drive?
THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A PERMANENT HARD DISK DRIVE AND A REMOVABLE HARD DISK DRIVE A permanent drive is in housed in the system while the removable one is externally fixed. Basically they perform the same functions.
Difference between and Xbox360 and the cheaper Xbox?
One comes with no hard drive and one has 120GB hard drive.
What is the difference between a processor and memory and a hard drive?
a lot
What is the difference between a serial and a sata hard drive?
A serial hard drive is the same as a SATA hard drive. SATA is Serial ATA, and PATA is Parallel ATA.
What is the different between formatting SATA hard disk drive and PATA hard disk drive?
There is difference between SATA and PATA HDD but no difference between the formatting..
What diffrance between HDD FDD?
HDD stands for Hard Disk Drive... FDD stands for Floppy Disk Drive...
When might it be useful to be able to copy a files from a CD to the hard drive by using the recovery console?
When Windows won't boot because of changes made to the registry, you can copy the correct registry files back onto the hard drive.
What is the difference between a 4GB xbox 360 and a 250GB XBOX 360?
The only difference is the hard drive size.
