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On Nov 3, 9:10*pm, wrote:
How do you restore an older version of the registry in Windows XP? I run Win98 on one of my computers and just had to restore an older version of the registry after letting a reg cleaner program screw it up. *In Win98 that is done from the Dos prompt. *But I know XP dont have a true dos prompt, so how would you do this restore? *I dont need to do it, just curious. I asked in a Windows98 newsgroup (crossposted from this XP newsgorup) and no one could answer it. And fo the heck of it, would this also be the same method for Win2000, Vista, and Win7? *(I also have Win2000 installed). Thanks Look he http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/ |
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How do you restore an older version of the registry in Windows XP?
I run Win98 on one of my computers and just had to restore an older version of the registry after letting a reg cleaner program screw it up. In Win98 that is done from the Dos prompt. But I know XP dont have a true dos prompt, so how would you do this restore? I dont need to do it, just curious. I asked in a Windows98 newsgroup (crossposted from this XP newsgorup) and no one could answer it. And fo the heck of it, would this also be the same method for Win2000, Vista, and Win7? (I also have Win2000 installed). Thanks |
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Nil wrote:
On 03 Nov 2011, wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: How do you restore an older version of the registry in Windows XP? "System Restore." Search Windows' help system for deatails. Also consider ERUNT, a third party utility for registry backup/restore. Google will help you find it. To further explain: Using ERUNT is closest to using "scanreg /restore" in Win9x, as it simply restores the registry and its associated files. System Restore does that and a bunch more, but often ERUNT is all you need. |
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In message , Bill in Co
writes: Nil wrote: On 03 Nov 2011, wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: How do you restore an older version of the registry in Windows XP? "System Restore." Search Windows' help system for deatails. Also consider ERUNT, a third party utility for registry backup/restore. Google will help you find it. To further explain: Using ERUNT is closest to using "scanreg /restore" in Win9x, as it simply restores the registry and its associated files. System Restore does that and a bunch more, but often ERUNT is all you need. In addition, SR only goes back a short time, ERUNT saves last until you delete them. In both cases if you screw up Windows to the extent that it won't start, you'll need a way out of trouble: there is a way from SR I'm not that familiar with, and for ERUNT you'll need to get to a point where you can (get at and) run the executable it puts with the save: ERUNT's author recommended BartPE when I asked him (if your disc is FAT rather than NTFS a DOS boot floppy will do). -- J. P. Gilliver. UMRA: 1960/1985 MB++G.5AL-IS-P--Ch++(p)Ar@T0H+Sh0!:`)DNAf Diplomacy is the art of letting someone have your way. |
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On Fri, 4 Nov 2011 08:23:57 +0000, "J. P. Gilliver (John)"
wrote: In message , Bill in Co writes: Nil wrote: On 03 Nov 2011, wrote in microsoft.public.windowsxp.general: How do you restore an older version of the registry in Windows XP? "System Restore." Search Windows' help system for deatails. Also consider ERUNT, a third party utility for registry backup/restore. Google will help you find it. To further explain: Using ERUNT is closest to using "scanreg /restore" in Win9x, as it simply restores the registry and its associated files. System Restore does that and a bunch more, but often ERUNT is all you need. In addition, SR only goes back a short time, ERUNT saves last until you delete them. In both cases if you screw up Windows to the extent that it won't start, you'll need a way out of trouble: there is a way from SR I'm not that familiar with, and for ERUNT you'll need to get to a point where you can (get at and) run the executable it puts with the save: ERUNT's author recommended BartPE when I asked him (if your disc is FAT rather than NTFS a DOS boot floppy will do). You just answered one of my questions. I was wondering what a person would do who cant boot to Windows to run this ERUNT. Booting from dos is simple (I always have a floppy drive available too). Of course if the HD is formatted to NTFS, I guess I'd be screwed. This is one reason I do not want a drive with NTFS. Unfortunately I'm stuck with one with NTFS at the moment, but that will be changed when I can figure out how without losing the installation of XP. The thought I have, would be to put the NTFS drive as a secondary (slave) drive on my Win2000 computer, boot to 2000, and run ERUNT. Dont know if that would work or not, but I know Win2000 can read NTFS, even though I have it on a Fat32 drive, and 2000 is pretty easy to install and use. (I like it much better than XP, even though I still like Win98 the most). It's getting to the point we all need at least XP for a lot of stuff, even thought I keep trying to force Win2000 to compensate. That ERUNT sounds simple enough when you explain it, but when I tried to read their online manual, it quickly started to sound like Greek (or a damn linux manual). Thanks |
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Nil wrote in
: The thought I have, would be to put the NTFS drive as a secondary (slave) drive on my Win2000 computer, boot to 2000, and run ERUNT. Dont know if that would work or not, No, I don't believe that would work. The registry files would be restored to the wrong location. Could be a good basis for manual recovery though. It's another great justification for removable drive frames. |
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On 11/04/11 7:45 AM, Lostgallifreyan wrote:
wrote in : The thought I have, would be to put the NTFS drive as a secondary (slave) drive on my Win2000 computer, boot to 2000, and run ERUNT. Dont know if that would work or not, No, I don't believe that would work. The registry files would be restored to the wrong location. Could be a good basis for manual recovery though. It's another great justification for removable drive frames. If you have a second drive, that's a good excuse to image your boot drive periodically (when it's stable). That's why I keep the OS and programs on a separate drive from the data files. |
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