Every time I do it, I think about all those people doing repair installs in-place upgrades. Here are the symptoms. You just need to get that hard drive into a working Windows XP computer for a few minutes. Make sure you have your computer set to show hidden files and also system files. First things first, run chkdsk on that drive, after all it is most likely filesystem corruption that has caused the registry to become corrupt in the first place. This tool is installed or has a more preferable portable version which is under KB in size.
Another good thing is it uses a standard Windows graphical interface which will be easier on the eyes for some users. A full backup is simply a case of pressing New Backup and clicking Start. Selecting a different save to folder, a comment and which registry hives are included or excluded are optional. Restoring is simply selecting the backup set from the list and pressing Restore.
The Advanced restore options allow for selecting specific hives. A couple of useful options in Settings allow for advanced renaming of the backup folders with custom times and dates, and compressing the files into the MS Cabinet format. CMD from the backup folder allows for registry files to be restored directly from the command prompt or recovery console. Download Registry Backup and Restore. A tool which still works is Mz Registry Backup although it was discontinued by its developer some time ago.
You can also use VSS to manually copy any files, including registry files, using the right tool. Download HoboCopy and extract it to C, open a Command Prompt and enter a command similar to the following:. DAT from the Users folder. Adding these and a date command together you can create a simple batch file that will backup the registry to a dated folder on double click. Have a look at this small Hobocopy. BAT file to get an idea of how it works.
Although you can backup the registry using this method easily, restoring is not possible in the same way and you would have to copy the files back while Windows is offline. See below how to do that. In Windows XP, the registry is saved in separate files in the windows directory. Within the Windows XP registry files are the structure of the hives and corresponding location of each hive.
This article will help you understand how the Windows XP registry files correspond with the hierarchial structure. In the registry, there are hives that correspond to several files.
Hives are a collection of keys, subkeys and values that contain the configurations for the operating system and programs. In the registry, there are 5 groups:. For the corresponding hives, you will see several types of extensions: no extension,.
No Extension: The complete registry hive. Another thing to mention is that there is a "repair" copy just in case your registry gets corrupted. These usually will come in handy when you get bootup errors and need a find a clean copy of the registry. Head over to knopper. Make a nice CD case for it and keep it around. This is a useful tool in your arsenal. Place your Knoppix CD into the your optical drive.
When the boot: prompt pops up type knoppix and press enter. Locate the partition where your windows install is and and click on it. Now that it is set in Detailed List View you can clearly see when each restore point folder corresponds to what date.
These dates are a good indicator of when each restore point was made. This should give you a good idea of which one you should pick.
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