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Hi just want to say that this post saved me from a full re-install of Windows.
I stupidly tried to compact my registry too last night, with the same as above.
I couldn't get into system32 via dos because when I used the dir command on C:\ it only listed "program files" and "programfiles (x86)" and a shortcut link to my d drive
Though this post gave me the idea to slave the hard drive on a working system and navigate to system32\config on the slaved drive and physically find and rename the rmbak files and move the corrupted ones away.
Hooked it back up and it worked a treat - many thanks again for all the advice here.