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by **Benjami** » Thu, 22 Jul 1999 04:00:00

to me, the easiest and quickest way is to copy the registry files when
everything is working the way you want to another directory - then if anything
changes and you like it, replace the copies with a new copy - if you don't like
the change, replace the registry files with the copy that worked like you want
it....

to a point, windows makes a copy everytime it doesn't find a problem with the
registry, but there is usually a difference between "nothing wrong" and "not
right" so i keep a copy in a storage directory when i like how everything
works....

>x-no-archive: yes

>Chaps,

>I know this is off topic, but then you're probably the best bunch of chaps to
>ask, and I do only use my PC for racing sims.

>I know how to dump the Win98 registry to a file, but when it goes wrong, what's
>the best way to restore it.

>Importing it just seems to add the old one to the currect bunch of crap.

>Thanks.

>R.

by **Tracey A Mille** » Fri, 23 Jul 1999 04:00:00

Win98 comes with a program called scanreg. Run it anytime to make a registry
backup then run it later to restore that copy of the Registry when things go
wrong.

Richard S Beckett wrote

by **The Black C** » Fri, 23 Jul 1999 04:00:00

On Thu, 22 Jul 1999 00:02:25 -0500, "Tracey A Miller"

>Win98 comes with a program called scanreg. Run it anytime to make a registry
>backup then run it later to restore that copy of the Registry when things go
>wrong.

There's a shareware program called Win Rescue 98 that does the same
thing and has a couple other features as well. It's saved my ***
more than once... :)

by **David A. Ewin** » Fri, 23 Jul 1999 04:00:00

>>I know this is off topic, but then you're probably the best bunch of chaps
to
>ask, and I do only use my PC for racing sims.

>I know how to dump the Win98 registry to a file, but when it goes wrong,
what's
>the best way to restore it.

>Importing it just seems to add the old one to the currect bunch of crap.

Exactly.

The windows registry is actually two files -- user.dat and system.dat that
live in your Windows directory (c:\windows or whatever you have named it).
It's a real good idea to back these up prior to installing software or doing
any editing in the registry. I just copy them to a backup directory.
Restoring them is a little more complicated than just copying them over the
top because you have to play with the properties. They are read only,
hidden files. So if you have to change the ones in place in not be read
only before copying the old ones over them. It's also a good idea to know
how to do this from the DOS shell in case things go terribly wrong (use the
"attrib" command).

Here is a good article from PC World that I recommend you bookmark and print
out in case of emergencies. It covers all kinds of scenarios for saving and
restoring your registry --

http://www.pcworld.com/current_issue/article/0,1212,10584,00.html

Being able to restore your registry can be a life saver.

Hope this helps,

Dave Ewing

by **Rand** » Fri, 23 Jul 1999 04:00:00

I use a .bat file to copy the critical files in win95 to another
drive and another .bat file to restore them. The backup.bat renames
the system.dat and user.dat with the current date, and the restore.bat
must be run in dos.

here they are just cut and paste into your notepad and name them what
you will.

backup.bat

echo.|date|find "Current" >cu##ent.bat
echo set date=%%4> current.bat
call cu##ent.bat
del cu??ent.bat > nul
copy C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT D:\Backup
copy C:\AUTOEXEC.DOS D:\Backup
copy C:\CONFIG.SYS D:\Backup
copy C:\CONFIG.DOS D:\Backup
copy C:\WINDOWS\CONTROL.INI D:\Backup
copy C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.INI D:\Backup
copy C:\WINDOWS\WIN.INI D:\Backup
attrib -r -h -s C:\MSDOS.SYS
attrib -r -h -s C:\WINDOWS\USER.DAT
attrib -r -h -s C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.DAT
copy C:\MSDOS.SYS D:\Backup
copy C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.DAT D:\Backup\%date%SYSTEM.DAT
copy C:\WINDOWS\USER.DAT D:\Backup\%date%USER.DAT
attrib +r +h +s C:\MSDOS.SYS
attrib +r +h +s C:\WINDOWS\USER.DAT
attrib +r +h +s C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.DAT

restore.bat

copy D:\Backup\AUTOEXEC.BAT C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT
copy D:\Backup\AUTOEXEC.DOS C:\AUTOEXEC.DOS
copy D:\Backup\CONFIG.SYS C:\CONFIG.SYS
copy D:\Backup\CONTROL.INI C:\WINDOWS\CONTROL.INI
copy D:\Backup\SYSTEM.INI C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.INI
copy D:\Backup\WIN.INI C:\WINDOWS\WIN.INI
attrib -r -h -s C:\MSDOS.SYS
attrib -r -h -s C:\WINDOWS\USER.DAT
attrib -r -h -s C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.DAT
ren C:\MSDOS.SYS C:\MSDOS.SYS.bak
ren C:\WINDOWS\USER.DAT C:\WINDOWS\USER.DAT.bak
ren C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.DAT C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.DAT.bak
copy D:\Backup\MSDOS.SYS C:\MSDOS.SYS
copy D:\Backup\USER.DAT C:\WINDOWS\USER.DAT
copy D:\Backup\SYSTEM.DAT C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.DAT
attrib +r +h +s C:\MSDOS.SYS
attrib +r +h +s C:\WINDOWS\USER.DAT
attrib +r +h +s C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM.DAT

*note: the system.dat and user.dat files will be in the form
07-21-1999SYSTEM.DAT and 07-21-1999USER.DAT, before running the
restore.bat program you must rename them to system.dat and user.dat.

>to me, the easiest and quickest way is to copy the registry files when
>everything is working the way you want to another directory - then if anything
>changes and you like it, replace the copies with a new copy - if you don't like
>the change, replace the registry files with the copy that worked like you want
>it....

>to a point, windows makes a copy everytime it doesn't find a problem with the
>registry, but there is usually a difference between "nothing wrong" and "not
>right" so i keep a copy in a storage directory when i like how everything
>works....

>>x-no-archive: yes

>>Chaps,

>>I know this is off topic, but then you're probably the best bunch of chaps to
>>ask, and I do only use my PC for racing sims.

>>I know how to dump the Win98 registry to a file, but when it goes wrong, what's
>>the best way to restore it.

>>Importing it just seems to add the old one to the currect bunch of crap.

>>Thanks.

>>R.

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