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Microsoft ERU (Emergency Recovery Utility)
Regclean from Microsoft
Windows Registry Editor
The registry in Windows 95 is constantly changing. If you move an icon, change you screensaver or visit a WEB site, your registry records it. And after a time it becomes huge. If it becomes corupted, Windows can or will be started in SAFE mode. If it senses that the registry is damaged it will copy a backed up set. This backup set was created the last time you got Windows to run in normal mode. Consequently, if a problem occurred but didn't block you from starting Windows, the backup registry copies are also corrupt. And you're up the creek without a paddle.
A Simple Backupc:\windows\system.dat and c:\windows\user.dat These two files are automatically duplicated each time Windows sucessfully starts. The backup copies are: c:\windows\system.da0 and c:\windows\user.da0 Windows 98 can be set to keep several backup copies so you can undo recent changes if needed.
Two other files you might want to make copies of are:
If you type:
1) Start by typing: Now if Windows fails to boot after some modification or error, you can copy these files to the Windows directory and you might get it working. If you don't update these when you add new programs or make changes, your Windows will revert to the settings at the time you copied these files. If you removed programs since then, you may get errors that programs or files were not found. But generally, Windows will work.
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EMERGENCY RECOVERY UTILITY On the Windows install disk is a utility called ERU.EXE, Emergency Recovery Utility. On my disk it is in the OTHER\MISC\ERU\ directory on the CDROM. Run this program from Windows, either by finding it with MY COMPUTER or typing the full path in the RUN window. This will call up a simple menu. The Utility will make copies of the important files that you need to run windows and store them where you want. One of its options is Floppy A:. FORGET IT! The Registry is usually much larger than a floppy can hold all by itself. You can put it in a directory on you C: drive or any other location. By default it will name the directory ERD. If the Windows fails or you just want to get back to the way it was when you made this backup, Boot in DOS mode. Change to the ERD directory (or what ever you named it) and type ERD. It will bring up a menu where you can restored those files and get Windows back the way it was. You should run the ERU any time you have added programs or made changes that work correctly and want that to be you backup. It will keep multiple copies so you can pick how far back you want to go in time.
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This program rebuilds the registry, trying to remove unnecessary entries. It can be downloaded form the Microsoft Website. See INFO: RegClean 4.1a Description and General Issues For useage and Download. |
Open the Registry Editor by opening the RUN window on the START menu. Type REGEDIT and select OK. On the Registry menu select Export Registry File. This will make a text file copy of you Registry which you can look at with a Text editor or Wordprocessor program. You have to name the file and give a path to store it in.
You can also do this in DOS mode by changing to the c:\windows directory. Type:
To rebuild the Registry at DOS type:
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