Registry query 2

[Bill R]

I'll run that question again. This time I hope it makes more sense.

We are advised to backup the Registry before making changes. Is this the
same as doing a creating a System Restore Point? If not, how do you backup
and restore the Registry please?

Thanks.

Bill R

 

[John John - MVP]

I'll run that question again. This time I hope it makes more sense.

We are advised to backup the Registry before making changes. Is this the
same as doing a creating a System Restore Point? If not, how do you backup
and restore the Registry please?

Thanks.

System Restore is the easiest way to do this, the registry will be saved
in the restore point.

John

 

[Tim Meddick]

Creating a System Restore point is not quite the same thing as creating a registry
backup.

In a System Restore point not only do you get a backup of the registry, but certain
files also in order to undo changes made to system settings as they occur.

The part of the registry saved in a System Restore point is the "System" part (hive)
only and changes made to your personal profile are not backed up.

In order to make a complete backup of the entire NT registry, you will need a
3rd-party application called "ERUNT.exe" available for download by clicking on the
link below :

http://www.aumha.org/downloads/erunt-setup.exe

The ERUNT program, and it's "readme.txt" file, teaches you all about what files make
up the NT registry and the difficulties and solutions to backing it up.

All in all, it's a brilliant (and free) program that could save you having to
re-install XP one day.

One other way to backup the NT registry is to use XPs included software
"NTBACKUP.EXE" and just choose a backup that includes the registry but no data files.

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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

 

[Leonard Grey]

A restore point includes the Windows registry plus a collection of other
key system files.

There are many ways to backup and restore the windows registry. To find
a method that works for you, open the search engine of your choice
(Google, Yahoo, Bing, etc.) and use this as a search term:

how to backup the windows xp registry

 

[John John - MVP]

[Snip...]
The part of the registry saved in a System Restore point is the "System"
part (hive) only and changes made to your personal profile are not
backed up.

That is not so, Tim. System Restore backs up all the user hives and it
will restore the hive of the currently logged on user. It's easy enough
to test.

John

 

[Peter Foldes]

Tim

Creating a System Restore point is not quite the same thing as creating a registry
backup

Yes it is

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Creating a System Restore point is not quite the same thing as creating a registry
backup.

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[Tim Meddick]

Perhaps I am wrong about not saving user settings.

I assumed that since no changes to the "personal" [My Documents] folder are saved
(or, indeed, no changes to the "Home" [profile] folder) that personal settings would
not be saved either.

But I will certainly defer to your greater experience.

I apologise.

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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.

[Snip...] The part of the registry saved in a System Restore point is the "System"
part (hive) only and changes made to your personal profile are not backed up.

That is not so, Tim. System Restore backs up all the user hives and it will
restore the hive of the currently logged on user. It's easy enough to test.

John

 

[Tim Meddick]

No, it isn't - if I create a registry backup I don't expect copies of changed system
files in the Windows' [system] folders to be saved along with it.

System Restore saves more than just a straight registry backup, so that any changes
made to system files within the Windows system folder may be undone in a "restore".

So to say that "System Restore" = "Registry Backup" is incorrect.

It's more like : "System Restore" = "Registry Backup" + "Copies of any modified
system files within Windows"

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Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London.