Backup / Restore registry

Last update on September 13, 2009 12:10 PM by jak58
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Sometimes we come from in our hapless hack the registry to "optimize" our system. Although these changes are not recommended, you can modify a frenzy deleted key or 2 or 3 values here and there ...
But as a good "hacker" before editing the registry database, we made a backup! yes? So here's how to recover our former registry.

Save the registry


Under 2000 and XP:

Click on Start then select Run and type regedit
Right click on My Computer at the top of the left column
On the Registry menu select Export ...
Give the file a name. Reg file and save it to disk.

Restore the registry


Restart in MS-DOS, and then, once the prompt, type the command:


scanreg / restore


A blue screen appears and asks us to select the backup, restore previously performed. Normally we should have 5 backups listed in chronological order. It selects the most recent.



Info for a small list of options of the command ScanReg:
  • / Backup: save the message without user
  • / Restore: displays the list of backups available
  • Fix: the repairs
  • Autoscan: scans the base but not every time I start the backup only once a day (used as a command in autoexec.bat).
  • / Scanonly: scans the registry and return any errors but does not backup.
  • / Opt: defragmenting the registry and optimize it.
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