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Windows XP Windows
98 Knowledge page
Restore Your Computer
You may need to, so it's good to know.
It is critical that you back up your
computer registry (kind of like an cataloging index that is required by Windows)
before making any modification such as editing the registry or installing new
programs.
Here We will show you the methods for both Windows 98 and Windows XP
as these
are the most common operating systems to log on to our site. It is good to know
that Windows automatically make a back up of your registry upon start up and
before the most critical of functions
Windows XP
Below are the normal steps for this procedure.
We have also provided a download (see Below) that will
speed up the process.
Windows XP
restore feature
Here's how to create a restore point using System Restore:
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Click Start, point to All
Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools,
and then click System Restore.
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Click Create a Restore Point, and then click Next.
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In the Restore point description box, type a descriptive
name for the restore point, and then click Create. System
Restore adds the date and time to the name of the restore point.
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Note: If Windows XP doesn't start normally after modifications have
been made you may have to start it in safe mode, restore to an earlier
configuration, and then restart the computer
To restore a checkpoint, follow these steps:
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Click Restore my computer to an earlier time option, and
then click Next.
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Select the restore point that you want to restore, and then click Next.
System Restore maintains up to 90 days of restore points, given
enough disk space, so you can move backward and forward in the
calendar to see the restore points created on each day. In the
calendar, shown in Figure 2, bold dates are those that contain restore
points.
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Click a date, and then click the restore point in the list.
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Click Next again and Windows XP restarts so it can restore
your configuration to the restore point you selected.
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So that you don't have to manually go through all the steps to set a
System Restore Point we have provided a file which you can download and place
it on your desktop. Anytime you have the computer running the way you want it,
or before any modifications, double click on it and it will
save a restore point for you.
Registry Snapshot Script Download
for XP only. You will get all the warnings etc. but this is a simple VB script
that looks like this:
Set SRP = GetObject( "winmgmts:\\.\root\default:Systemrestore" )
CSRP = SRP.CreateRestorePoint( "Edited the registry", 0, 100 ) |
The down loaded file and can be opened with "Notepad" to verify
that it has not been tampered with.
Enjoy
Windows 98
You can do this in more than one way: From Windows the
the Scanregw way or Regedit
Way or at last resource the DOS way although we
prefer the Dos way for the restore procedure as this happens outside of the
Window environment and you don't have to be concerned about programs that may be
running in the background.
Regardless of which way you choose you should make the back
up often and especially before any modifications.
This is the Scanregw way
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Click Start, click Run, type scanregw,
and then click OK. |
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When you receive a prompt to back up the registry, click Yes. |
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When you receive the "Backup complete" message,
click OK.
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This is the Regedit way:
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From within Windows you select Start/Run and then type in
regedit and the click OK
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Click on Registry at the top and select Export Registry
File
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Select the location you want to store the registry backup
in. Perhaps your desktop.
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Give it a name that will indicate when it was saved. e.g..
010105 for January 1 2005
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Click Save
If the need to restore should ever occur you
would:
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From within Windows you select Start/Run and then type in
regedit and the click OK
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Click on Registry at the top and select Import Registry
File
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Change your "look in" location to
the where you saved the exported file
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Click on the version of the registry that you want to
restore and select "Open"
This will add back in the Keys, however the method below is a
more definite way of totally restoring the registry and will even allow you to
select one from the previous 4 days just in case you didn't make an intentional
back up.
The DOS way
To Back up the registry
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In Windows 98 click Start /Shutdown/Restart in MS Dos Mode.
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When it restarts you will see the prompt C:/Windows>
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Type the following exactly as you see it scanreg/backup
This will back up your registry.
Now if or when you need to Restore it, do
the following:
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Start in MS-DOS mode as in 1. above
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Enter scanreg/restore and select a registry
file from a date that you
know the computer was running correctly..
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