Backing up the Registry

Discussion in 'Software' started by abri, Jul 12, 2006.

  1. abri

    abri MajorGeek

    How do I do this? MS says to go to Start/AllPrograms/Accessories/SystemPrograms/Backup
    I don't have Backup

    Someone said I can just go to the registry with regedit (best in Safe Mode), click on files/export and export the registry to the desktop with a name like regdate. Then if I need to redo the registry, I can go into safe mode again and double click on this and it will merge this registry with the one that's running. Does this work? It seems awfully simple.

    abri
     
  2. MKorostoff

    MKorostoff Private First Class

    Yes this does work. Windows has its own special file type (.reg) for this sort of thing. Though I have never actually had occasion to merge a registry backup with my registry, I backup often.

    If for some reason this sounds unappealing to you, you could use CCleaner to clean up your registry (under "Issues" on the left hand side), and it will give you the option backup your registry. This will also simply create a .reg file.
     
  3. Mav3rik

    Mav3rik Private E-2

    Yep, unbelievable as it may seem. ;)
    My WinXP complete registry export results in a 55 Mb .reg file which then I can neatly pack with winRAR in a 2.46 Mb file.

    Regards
     
  4. abri

    abri MajorGeek

    Is the one in CCleaner adequate if something goes wrong with your registry? Does it back up the whole registry? If I would use that method, does it need to be made in Safe Mode or does that matter?
    Thanks.
    abri
     
  5. MKorostoff

    MKorostoff Private First Class

    Never mind, I just realized that I'm dumb. CCleaner only backs up registry entries that it removes from your system, not the entire registry. So, go with the export method.

    And no, safe mode doesn't really make a difference.
     
  6. abri

    abri MajorGeek

    So without actually running the CCleaner registry clean-up tool, you can get it to ask you if you want a registry backup? And if you say okay, then you can still stop it from cleaning up afterwards?
    abri
     
  7. abri

    abri MajorGeek

    ok, I thought it might be so, because when I've done registry backups using one of the tools, they don't seem like 55 Mb. On the other hand, the export one someone made for me was awfully fast too. But you're right. It is that big. I have an old one someone made for me and it's that big. I hadn't thought about zipping it.
    abri
     

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