When is registry saved in repair directory?

[Stubby]

I was able to get my system up after a problem with the SOFTWARE hive
crashed my system. This involved copying the 5 registry files (system,
software, sam, security and default) from C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\REPAIR into
C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG . But, how old are these? When does Win2KP
update them? Is it when a Repair Disk is written? If I use Partition
Magic to make a repair disk, does that update the saved files?

 

[Dave Patrick]

:
|I was able to get my system up after a problem with the SOFTWARE hive
| crashed my system. This involved copying the 5 registry files (system,
| software, sam, security and default) from C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\REPAIR into
| C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG . But, how old are these?
** From the date of the original installation.


When does Win2KP
| update them? Is it when a Repair Disk is written? If I use Partition
| Magic to make a repair disk, does that update the saved files?
** You can run Programs|Accessories|System Tools|Backup, then choose ERD,
then if you check the box for "Also backup....", then the reg will also be
backed up to
%systemroot%\repair\RegBack
leaving the
%systemroot%\repair\
directory files intact as original installation.

Then archive the files in
%systemroot%\repair\RegBack
These would, in effect, be registry restore points.

You can replace registry hives from within the recovery console by copying
the files from your archive to;
%systemroot%\system32\config

To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000
Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup
floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD,
use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks. At
the "Welcome to Setup" screen. Press F10 or R to repair a Windows 2000
installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The Recovery
Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do not have
the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted
or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console starts
in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot
access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk, fixboot,
and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been validated,
you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access to the hard
disk. You can only access the following folders on your computer: drive
root, %systemroot% or %windir%


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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

 

[Stubby]

:
|I was able to get my system up after a problem with the SOFTWARE hive
| crashed my system. This involved copying the 5 registry files (system,
| software, sam, security and default) from C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\REPAIR into
| C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG . But, how old are these?
** From the date of the original installation.


When does Win2KP
| update them? Is it when a Repair Disk is written? If I use Partition
| Magic to make a repair disk, does that update the saved files?
** You can run Programs|Accessories|System Tools|Backup, then choose ERD,
then if you check the box for "Also backup....", then the reg will also be
backed up to
%systemroot%\repair\RegBack
leaving the
%systemroot%\repair\
directory files intact as original installation.

Then archive the files in
%systemroot%\repair\RegBack
These would, in effect, be registry restore points.

You can replace registry hives from within the recovery console by copying
the files from your archive to;
%systemroot%\system32\config

To start the Recovery Console, start the computer from the Windows 2000
Setup CD or the Windows 2000 Setup floppy disks. If you do not have Setup
floppy disks and your computer cannot start from the Windows 2000 Setup CD,
use another Windows 2000-based computer to create the Setup floppy disks. At
the "Welcome to Setup" screen. Press F10 or R to repair a Windows 2000
installation, and then press C to use the Recovery Console. The Recovery
Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you do not have
the correct password, Recovery Console does not allow access to the
computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery
Console quits and restarts the computer. Note If the registry is corrupted
or missing or no valid installations are found, the Recovery Console starts
in the root of the startup volume without requiring a password. You cannot
access any folders, but you can carry out commands such as chkdsk, fixboot,
and fixmbr for limited disk repairs. Once the password has been validated,
you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access to the hard
disk. You can only access the following folders on your computer: drive
root, %systemroot% or %windir%

Thanks for the info. As it was, I was unable to get the Recovery Console
running because of the smashed registry. KB307545 boils down to copying
the 5 files from repair to config. And it worked!

 

[Walter H Donavan]

The little freeware pgm ERUNT can save an NT registry on demand or on boot
or both. It also has a restore component. It's a gem.

http://www.webattack.com/get/erunt.html and many other places

It saves and restores the *entire* registry.

Works on 2K and XP only.

 

[Stubby]

ERUNT looks like a winner. Thanks.

 

[Dave Patrick]

The state of the registry shouldn't have kept you from running the RC

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Regards,

Dave Patrick ....Please no email replies - reply in newsgroup.
Microsoft Certified Professional
Microsoft MVP [Windows]
http://www.microsoft.com/protect

:
| Thanks for the info. As it was, I was unable to get the Recovery Console
| running because of the smashed registry. KB307545 boils down to copying
| the 5 files from repair to config. And it worked!
|