Some people believe that giving all the information is always the best way to go, yet 90% of that information might not be understood by over half of the people involved.
I was always taught the KISS method.. (Keep it simple Stupid) which basically means that if it's not relevant to the problem then it'll just confuse the issue.
I said that the hive method isn't an option in this case for two reasons
1# The drive is up and running so Jellybean could be used directly on the system
2# Explaining that you could point jellybean towards the hive file either after a rebuild or by removing the drive and putting it into another working system would have confused the issue.
TInky, which would you rather have.. The pure techie talk or the KISS method