backup registry, how?

[kathy]

Which file store the registry infomation? I try to backup
the registry database. how?

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

There is a very small program called ERunt, that will backup/restore the Registry for you:

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

Otherwise open the Registry Editor - Start>Run - then type in "regedit" - without the quotes and then go to File>Export...

Will

 

[Willit]

"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."

 

[AArDvarK]

File\Export

Unfortunately, REGEDIT does not backup all the registry,
and using it to restore the registy is tricky. ERUNT.EXE,
described in a previous reply will work, and is free. A
friendlier program is RescueXP, but that is not free.
Still, it does a lot more than just backup/restore the
registy.

More extreme measures include using Ntbackup.exe (on the
XP CDROM), but that backs up whole directory trees, such
as Documents and Settings.

Finally, for there are disk or partition backup software
like Norton GHOST, Acronis TrueImage, and PowerQuest
DriveImage, which backup 100% of the files on a partition
(or all partition on a disk), hence capture the registry.
These are also ueul for major hard drive or bad-install
problems or virus attacks.