regedit & backing up.

[Guest]

Help..... I have to edit my registry to get rid of a couple of viruses. Naturally I want to back the registry up first. Problem is I don't have backup utility on the machine & can't find my windows disk. was told I could save with regedit, but that doesn't work iether. What do I do?

 

[Rob Elder, MVP-Networking]

Have you tried exporting the registry to a file?

Help..... I have to edit my registry to get rid of a couple of viruses.

Naturally I want to back the registry up first. Problem is I don't have
backup utility on the machine & can't find my windows disk. was told I could
save with regedit, but that doesn't work iether. What do I do?

 

[Pavel A.]

Help..... I have to edit my registry to get rid of a couple of viruses. Naturally I want to back the registry up

first. Problem is I don't have backup utility on the machine & can't find my windows disk. was told I could save with
regedit, but that doesn't work iether. What do I do?

What happened to your backup utility? eaten by the virus?
(Accessories > system tools > backup > backup system state )

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