How to backup your registry

[Lobo]

First bring up REGEDIT, look in Windows file or I believe you can just type REGEDIT in your run box and hit OK.
Under Registry at the top of the box, click on that, now click on Export Registry File, a box will come up asking where you want to export it to, just put it in your C drive, then name it at the bottem of box, Registry.
Click on save.
Now if you ever get in trouble or want the old regestry back, bring REGEDIT back up and click on Registry and click on import registry file, go to your C drive and click on registry and click open, reboot and your good to go.

[Lobo]

bump, I just believe this is important

[martin777]

Easier yet-just click on the back-up file you just created. It will ask you if you want to merge it.

[This message has been edited by martin777 (edited 01-21-2001).]

[YeOldeStonecat]

I've been lucky enough to not have to deal with a blown registry before, peeps computers that I work on usually have deeped issues like While Initializing Device IOS errors, various .vxd errors, and others that will totally prohibit windows from booting up at all. But aren't blown registry errors just as brutal, where you cannot boot windows up even in safe mode, therefore you never get the chance to fire up regedit to even import an old .bak copy?

Minor registry errors I've fallen in love with that free download from MS, RegClean.exe.

[kavonjon]

<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by YeOldeStonecat:
I've been lucky enough to not have to deal with a blown registry before, peeps computers that I work on usually have deeped issues like While Initializing Device IOS errors, various .vxd errors, and others that will totally prohibit windows from booting up at all. But aren't blown registry errors just as brutal, where you cannot boot windows up even in safe mode, therefore you never get the chance to fire up regedit to even import an old .bak copy?

Minor registry errors I've fallen in love with that free download from MS, RegClean.exe. </font>

im guessing the answer is somewhere in that email, but, can you restore the registry to some kind of windows default, and if so, how?

[Lobo]

Have you ever backed up your registry

[Lobo]

First I am going to assume you have not backed up your registry. Second, I know nothing about dsl, but in your other thread dannjr left his bussiness web address & his E-mail address. I dont know if your registry is messed up but if you go to www.microsoft.com (http://www.microsoft.com) on the first page their is a little search box, type RegClean in it, and it will take you to another page, I have never used this program before so I just don't know, I would get hold of danny Jr. if it were me but do what you think best and good luck

[kavonjon]

actually, my registry isnt messed up at this point, but, knowing me, it probably will be some day... but, thanks for the info.

[Chromzy]

You can also try /system -restore (i think thats the command) from dos if you can't boot because of registry errors. You can then select from a list of the last 5 registry saves (which are dated) as windows makes a backups every 4 or so times when you boot up.
Click the help tab in the registry menu for more info.

hope that helps.

Regards,
Chromzy

[taggert]

[QUOTE]Originally posted by Chromzy:
[B]You can also try /system -restore (i think thats the command)

CLOSE... From DOS, use scanreg /restore, and the rest of Chromzy's instructions are cool.

[ct106]

you can also go to the command prompt either restarting into DOS mode or hitting F8 on startup and type scanreg and within that program you can restore from 3 previous good reg bootups.

[Lobo]

bump

[Lobo]

bump, you people that have not yet, please backup your registry, it is very important

[HMS White Star]

YeOldeStonecat said

"Minor registry errors I've fallen in love with that free download from MS, RegClean.exe."

Well as much as I like RegClean, for Win 95, Win 98/ME actually as a better tool built in called scanreg/fix, which actually does the exact same thing as regclean, except you don't have to download it. Also I have seen scanreg/fix, correct a problem that was a major registry error as in the system not booting before the scanreg/fix and then booting properly after it. However the scanreg/fix will only solve the problem if it's related to files referred in registry that do not exist.

There's also a nice tool call scanreg/opt which optimizes the registry, by taking out the free space.

There's also different methods to get to scanreg/restore and scanreg/fix, for example in Win 98 you can get to scanreg/restore by either booting to a command prompt only or by rebooting to msdos mode, on the other hand you must boot to a command prompt only with scanreg/fix, (it's something about the memory manager that requires this to happen). With Win Me you have to open a command prompt in windows, type either command and follow the prompts. The other option is to boot to a boot disk go to the C:\Windows\command directory and type in either command.

[Lobo]

bumpercrop"

[Lobo]

Bump

[Lobo]

Bump

[Juggernaut]

Why the hell do u keep typing "bump"? Trying to get more posts?

[RicRogue]

No, He types

[RicRogue]

like this for

[RicRogue]

more posts....LOL http://www.speedguide.net/ubb/biggrin.gif

[Lobo]

Rubberbabybumpers, Joking

[arctic]

backing up the registry by using regedit export and import will only change setting that existed in the original registry any addition settings will remain for example if you had this

"DefaultRcvWindow"="256960"

then backed up the registry and decided to try some tweaks

"DefaultRcvWindow"="373760"
"Tcp1323Opts"="1"

now if you use the regedit import to restore you will have this

"DefaultRcvWindow"="256960"
"Tcp1323Opts"="1"

any setting added ("Tcp1323Opts"="1") will remain, the way to backup is by booting to dos or command prompt
at the C:\ prompt type scanreg, you will be given the option to create backup, to restore go to the same prompt type scanreg and hit "V" to view backups and select a known good one by the date listed..this is for Win98
the post from "HMS White Star" shows how to do it with other operating systems
I like to use scanreg /fix and scanreg /opt after restoring the registry

[Lobo]

I must be missing the boat, if someone has been putting patch after patch on for 2 months, this will work better than if he had a default copy in his c drive, yes I understand they would have to reinstall all programs again, heck I just trying to figure out the best way.

[Lobo]

Thank you Storm90, I am just trying to find the best way for people to do this would have for more than five days have been appling patches to get back to default so we can help them,
and I also know that intstalling Cablenuts patch and uninstalling will bring you back to default, Now I believe the Mods need to close this thread as it will be very confusing to new people. I was hoping to save everyone alot of typing for people who did not know how to back up there registry. I have already asked people to back up there registry on their c drive and they came back and said it's done, I did a scanreg/restore,
this thread is to confusing to new people, we may know but some don't so Mods, please close

[Storm90]

LoBo, your welcome. Closeing the thread might be a good Ideal. Artic, Sorry but as lobo said some new people don't understand what is being said. I didn't mean to offend you but it did sound like you were picking on him.What you said is true though. Like I said I find though only way if I cannot get a setting out is to either use scanreg/restore if it has not been past 5 days or to remove it by hand. Plus I know you were trying to help. I was just sticking up for Lobo, because he was trying to help out a lot of people who keep asking the same question over and over.

[This message has been edited by Storm90 (edited 01-28-2001).]

[Storm90]

Plus useing scanreg/restore won't work either if its been past five days they have been applying patches. Lobo is just trying to help out. The best way if they are load with tweaks is to use the default patch. if possible. Or remove them by hand if they know how. Or use cablenuts patch it is great on wipeing out other tweaks settings. So don't pick on lobo he was just trying to help out people who don't know how to back the reg up.

[arctic]

I wasn't picking on anyone, just saying that additions made to the registry will remain. I am just trying to help too, isn't that why we are here?