How to backup Registry

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Sam

Hi

How can you backup XP Registry, just like windows 2000 ERD
check box backup registry

Thanks
 
You have to "create a restore point." Start | programs | accessories |
system tools ........restore previous configuration ...or something like
that ....and put the radio button dot in "create a restore point,"
.........actually I'm guessing 'cause I have my W98se hd in at the moment
:-)

regards, Richard
 
Hi Sam - 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 drivers. (BTW, it also includes a
Registry defragger program). Free, and very, very highly recommended.

BTW, 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.


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Regards, Jim Byrd, MS-MVP



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