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> On Sep 7, 1:00 pm, "Rick Rogers" <r...@mvps.org> wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> > I have recently backed up the registry (Vista 32 bit).
>>
>> 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?
>>
>> 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
>>
>> "species8350" <not_here.5.species8...@xoxy.net> wrote in message
>>
>> news:9941a98f-c45e-419e-b15f-...
>>
>>
>>
>> > 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?- Hide quoted text -
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>> - Show quoted text -
>
> 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
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-on...runt/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
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