Thanks folks but NO you didn't answer my main query. Will I always be able to boot my OS corrupt machine with a DOS floppy boot disk and get to and save to floppy the stuff I put there with ReactOS ??? You did answer the other question about the registry file. It's a shame you couldn't come up with ...

Hello all Your project has grabbed my interest because windows beyond (and maybe not even) XP is not going to be an option for me, for a number of reasons. My experience to date with *nix has not been any better (mandrakelinux). Complex OS's can easily and have often stolen my machine from me since ...