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Registry is corrupt Again.
So I cleaned installed after a corrupt registry (might had been caused by a Windows Update). And the second time, it corrupted again in an hour. So I clean installed again and the third time said something about a patch (error 0x490 I think) was the cause but since I ran chkdsk before removing the patch, the check disk started eating registry files so I was not able to salvage it. Then, I tried reinstallation with an Win 7 SP1-u and made sure it booted with all the programs I have and saw that all the updates were installed. So after having it working well, I turned it off last night. This morning, it gives me the registry is corrupt again. I'm starting to think that it might be the hard drive failing but I don't hear any funny noises. Or maybe one of Windows Updates is still messing with me however unlikely. Is there any other reason why this keeps happening? If the hard drive is the cause, could I use a system image on another hard drive and retain the Windows license key(for this you can just point me to the right tutorial on this site if so)?