Backing up and storing the registry

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Hi,

I have recently backed up the registry (Vista 32 bit).

Do I need to keep it on the C Drive, or can I move it to a CD-R?

Thanks

I made the backup before adding some registry files. Having added
them, I see no problems. I might overright the backup to take account
of the changes, then store the file. Any obvious problems here?
 
Hi,
I have recently backed up the registry (Vista 32 bit).
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How? By exporting the hives or via a third party product like erunt? It may
affect how you restore them if needed.
Do I need to keep it on the C Drive, or can I move it to a CD-R?
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You can save it anywhere you like, location should be of no consequence.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com
 
Hi,


How? By exporting the hives or via a third party product like erunt? It may
affect how you restore them if needed.


You can save it anywhere you like, location should be of no consequence.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVPhttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
Vote for my shoe:http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com








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Thanks for responding.

I used the registry editor, exported all.

As a matter of interest, if I needed to use it what would happen on
double clicking the file?

Thanks
 
species8350 said:
Thanks for responding.

I used the registry editor, exported all.

As a matter of interest, if I needed to use it what would happen on
double clicking the file?
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It would put everything back.
 
Hi,

You would be prompted to merge it with the current registry. It would
overwrite any matching entries, but keys/strings in the original that were
added by other software since the backup would be unaffected. This includes
anything added by malware.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
Vote for my shoe: http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com

Hi,


How? By exporting the hives or via a third party product like erunt? It
may
affect how you restore them if needed.


You can save it anywhere you like, location should be of no consequence.

--
Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft
MVPhttp://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help -www.rickrogers.org
Vote for my shoe:http://rick-mvp.blogspot.com








- Show quoted text -
Click to expand...

Thanks for responding.

I used the registry editor, exported all.

As a matter of interest, if I needed to use it what would happen on
double clicking the file?

Thanks
 
species8350 said:
Thanks for responding.

I used the registry editor, exported all.

As a matter of interest, if I needed to use it what would happen on
double clicking the file?

Thanks
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You may want to have a look at this article before deciding to rely on
Regedit to backup/restore the complete registry.

Quote:
"Note: The "Export registry" function in Regedit is USELESS (!) for
making 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 without deleting anything that
has been added since the export, leaving you with an absolute mess of
old and new entries."
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/erunt.txt

Also Microsoft recommend using the Backup utility to back up the whole registry:
"Before you edit the registry, export the keys in the registry that you plan to edit, or back up the whole registry. If
a problem occurs, you can then follow the steps in the "Restore the registry" section to restore the registry to its
previous state. To back up the whole registry, use the Backup utility to back up the system state."
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986
 
You may want to have a look at this article before deciding to rely on
Regedit to backup/restore the complete registry.

Quote:
"Note: The "Export registry" function in Regedit is USELESS (!) for
making 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 without deleting anything that
has been added since the export, leaving you with an absolute mess of
old and new entries."http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/erunt.txt

Also Microsoft recommend using the Backup utility to back up the whole registry:
"Before you edit the registry, export the keys in the registry that you plan to edit, or back up the whole registry. If
a problem occurs, you can then follow the steps in the "Restore the registry" section to restore the registry to its
previous state. To back up the whole registry, use the Backup utility to back up the system state."http://support.microsoft.com/kb/256986- Hide quoted text -

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Thanks for the warning.

I will need to redo the backup of the registry using the backup
utility.

First, I need to find the instructions for windows vista home premium.

Best wishes.

S
 
Thanks for the warning.

I will need to redo the backup of the registry using the backup
utility.

First, I need to find the instructions for windows vista home premium.

Best wishes.

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I have read the Help in Vista and it seems to recommend using Regedit
to backup the Registry.

Do the problems that you mention apply to Vista?.

The MS webpages seem to recommend using a facility called
'systempropertiesprotection' as a way to back up the registry in
Vista. I can't see how this procedure makes a file!

Any comments welcome.

Thanks.

Ps, Does Windows Vista Home Premium (32bit) automatically back up the
registry?
 
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