Why ERUNT? Why not just System Restore?

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ERUNT has been recommended in this group. I have installed it and it seems
to be a fine registry backup program. I am unclear why I need it. If I
make a Restore Point before I do anything dangerous, can't I use System
Restore to get my registry back the way it was?

Another way to ask this question is "How is System Restore lacking?".

Thanks.

Spencer
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Spencer said:
ERUNT has been recommended in this group. I have installed it and it seems
to be a fine registry backup program. I am unclear why I need it. If I
make a Restore Point before I do anything dangerous, can't I use System
Restore to get my registry back the way it was?

Another way to ask this question is "How is System Restore lacking?".
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It's not that system restore is lacking, it's that they do different
things. ERUNT only backs up and restores the registry. System Restore
restores not only the registry but files as well.
--
Tom Porterfield
MS-MVP Windows
http://support.telop.org

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Spencer said:
ERUNT has been recommended in this group. I have installed it
and it
seems to be a fine registry backup program. I am unclear why I
need
it. If I make a Restore Point before I do anything dangerous,
can't
I use System Restore to get my registry back the way it was?

Another way to ask this question is "How is System Restore
lacking?".
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Unfortunately System Restore isn't as reliable as it might be.
Although it usually works fine (and I certainly don't recommend
turning it off), there are times when it fails to restore, and
the only way to get it going again is to turn it off (thereby
losing all restore points) and start it again. So I therefore
recommend having another arrow for your bow.
 
Using at least one appendage, the entity known in this space-time continuum
ERUNT (Emergency Recovery Utility NT) is used to backup and restore the
registry on Windows NT, 2000, XP and Server 2003 systems
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It's gotten me out of trouble when "last good configuration" has been about
as much use as a (insert colourful metaphor of choice)
 
ERUNT has been recommended in this group. I have installed it and it seems
to be a fine registry backup program. I am unclear why I need it. If I
make a Restore Point before I do anything dangerous, can't I use System
Restore to get my registry back the way it was?

Another way to ask this question is "How is System Restore lacking?".

Thanks.

Spencer
Please reply only to group.
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System Restore is a good concept very poorly executed as it is
essentially unreliable. It is true that many appear not to have
problems with it although the only time you know there is a problem is
when you come to use it and it fails. Obviously you are then in deep
trouble!

The problem with System Restore is each Restore Point is dependent
upon the other, one fails, they all fail. Each Registry backup by
ERUNT, on the other hand, is standalone. While ERUNT creates only a
'backup' of the System Registry, ERUNT plus SFC does everything System
Restore does and are totally reliable.

While I do not suggest you disable System Restore, I strongly suggest
you install ERUNT for the greatly added security it affords.
 
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