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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 |
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Bill R wrote:
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 |
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Bill R wrote:
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 |
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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. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Bill R" wrote in message ... 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 |
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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. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Bill R" wrote in message ... 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 |
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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 --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est Bill R wrote: 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 |
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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 --- Leonard Grey Errare humanum est Bill R wrote: 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 |
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Tim Meddick wrote:
[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 |
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Tim Meddick wrote:
[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 |
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Tim
Creating a System Restore point is not quite the same thing as creating a registry backup Yes it is -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Tim Meddick" wrote in message ... Creating a System Restore point is not quite the same thing as creating a registry backup. snip |
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Tim
Creating a System Restore point is not quite the same thing as creating a registry backup Yes it is -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Tim Meddick" wrote in message ... Creating a System Restore point is not quite the same thing as creating a registry backup. snip |
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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. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "John John - MVP" wrote in message ... Tim Meddick wrote: [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 |
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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. == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "John John - MVP" wrote in message ... Tim Meddick wrote: [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 |
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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" == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Peter Foldes" wrote in message ... Tim Creating a System Restore point is not quite the same thing as creating a registry backup Yes it is -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Tim Meddick" wrote in message ... Creating a System Restore point is not quite the same thing as creating a registry backup. snip |
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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" == Cheers, Tim Meddick, Peckham, London. :-) "Peter Foldes" wrote in message ... Tim Creating a System Restore point is not quite the same thing as creating a registry backup Yes it is -- Peter Please Reply to Newsgroup for the benefit of others Requests for assistance by email can not and will not be acknowledged. "Tim Meddick" wrote in message ... Creating a System Restore point is not quite the same thing as creating a registry backup. snip |
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