Backing up the Registry

[joe dzurinda]

Is there a way to back up the registry?

I've noticed on one of my computers that has been running XP Pro for 2 years
that the registry is hugh. When I run Ad-Aware it takes 1 hour just to scan
the registry on this computer. Yet a newer laptop takes 1 minute. That
tells me that over the 2 years the older computer has been running there has
been quite a bit added to it. Also, is there an easy way to cleanup the
registry?

Joe

 

[Phil \(a.k.a. purplehaz\)]

Is there a way to back up the registry?

When your in the registry goto: file, export.

I've noticed on one of my computers that has been running XP Pro for
2 years that the registry is hugh. When I run Ad-Aware it takes 1
hour just to scan the registry on this computer. Yet a newer laptop
takes 1 minute. That tells me that over the 2 years the older
computer has been running there has been quite a bit added to it.
Also, is there an easy way to cleanup the registry?

After two years of junk being installed (and it taking adaware one hour -
wow) I would just format the drive and install xp clean. No real way to
clean that up, no "registry cleaner" is going to get it all.

 

[Unknown]

Get JV16 Power Tools. Wonderful registry cleaner. Unfortunately it is no
longer free. You may find a 30 day trial version however.

 

[Guest]

"The "Export registry" function in Regedit is USELESS (!)
to make a complete backup of the registry. Neither does
it export the whole registry (for example, no information
from the "SECURITY" hive is saved), nor can the exported
file be used later to replace the current registry with
the old one. Instead, if you re-import the file, it is
merged with the current registry, leaving you with an
absolute mess of old and new registry keys."

To Back up.

http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/

 

[Jim Byrd]

Hi Joe - Get Erunt here for all NT-based computers including XP:
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/index.htm I've set it up to
take a scheduled backup each night at 12:01AM on a weekly round-robin basis,
and a Monthly on the 1st of each month. See here for how to set that up:
http://home.t-online.de/home/lars.hederer/erunt/erunt.txt, and for some
useful information about this subject

This program is one of the best things around - saved my butt on many
occasions, and will also run very nicely from a DOS prompt (in case you've
done something that won't let you boot any more and need to revert to a
previous Registry) IF you're FAT32 OR have a DOS startup disk with NTFS
write drivers in an NTFS system. (There is also a way using the Recovery
Console to get back to being "bootable" even without separate DOS write NTFS
drivers, after which you can do a normal restore.) (BTW, it also includes a
Registry defragger program). Free, and very, very highly recommended.

FYI, quoting from the above document:

Note: The "Export registry" function in Regedit is USELESS (!) to make
a complete backup of the registry. Neither does it export the whole
registry (for example, no information from the "SECURITY" hive is
saved), nor can the exported file be used later to replace the current
registry with the old one. Instead, if you re-import the file, it is
merged with the current registry, leaving you with an absolute mess of
old and new registry keys.


--
Please respond in the same thread.
Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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[Guest]

Is there a way to back up the registry?

I've noticed on one of my computers that has been running XP Pro for 2 years
that the registry is hugh. When I run Ad-Aware it takes 1 hour just to scan
the registry on this computer. Yet a newer laptop takes 1 minute. That
tells me that over the 2 years the older computer has been running there has
been quite a bit added to it. Also, is there an easy way to cleanup the
registry?

Joe

 

[Jim Macklin]

System restore or regedit


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But government sees it as an obstacle to be overcome.


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| "joe dzurinda" wrote:
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| > Is there a way to back up the registry?
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| > I've noticed on one of my computers that has been
running XP Pro for 2 years
| > that the registry is hugh. When I run Ad-Aware it takes
1 hour just to scan
| > the registry on this computer. Yet a newer laptop
takes 1 minute. That
| > tells me that over the 2 years the older computer has
been running there has
| > been quite a bit added to it. Also, is there an easy
way to cleanup the
| > registry?
| >
| > Joe
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| >

 

[Kelly]

An hour? I have never seen this. However, if this is the case, you need to
run more than Ad-Aware.
Cleaning Up XP: http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_c.htm#cleanup

As for registry cleaning, you can start here but I wouldn't advise going any
further. Good luck!

Troubleshooting, Removing and/or Cleaning Add or Remove Programs
http://www.kellys-korner-xp.com/xp_a.htm#addremove