Windows Trips and tricks:-
Registry Backup
Registry in winodws conaitns critical information abt the setting and configuration of Windows.So precious indeed is its data that any unwanted loss due to any reason(s) may leadto your sysrem crash. So if it's that critical can't we take its backup automatically? Well of course ,Yes. You maybe not knowing it but windows itslef checks for the integrity of your registry during bootup and autoamtically backs it up.So if on one fine day your registry your registry gets corrupt then it notifies you by itself and prompts you to restore the last backed up good registry and that solves most of the problems related to your critical system component -REGISTRY.
So the next vlaid question is obviously- How many backups does registry keep for itself ?Can I increase or decrease this nos of backup that exist? Can I also backup my critical system files regularly along with registry?Well..just stop...let'sanswer all your questions one by one and yeah all of these are possible quite easily
The Trick:
Go to Start menu->Run. Type scanreg.ini. A file opens up.
Next make sure that optimize=1 and backup=1. If not then change those values to 1.< /FONT>< /FONT>
Next look for a line called maxbackupcopies.By default it's value is 5.So here you can change the value of no of maxbackup copies you want to keep for your registry files. Well in most of the cases leaving this value to 5 is quite enough. If u want to be extra safe then change this value to something reasonable. For myself, I use 7.
Next to backup some specific system files enter its directory code as listed in the scanreg.ini The section is self explanatory.
You can also backup your registry manually. Go to windows folder and copy the files sytem.dat and user.dat to your backup locations.These files contain all the registry information.
Note: When your system doesn't boot into Windows, boot your system from the boot floppy disk and then run the utility scanreg.exe by typing it at the command prompt.This checks for your windows registry integrity and restores a good regsitry if errors are found.
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