Thursday, July 2, 2009

How to Backup the registry

Click Start, then click Run. The Run dialog box appears.
In the Open box, type regedit, then press ENTER. The Registry Editor appears.
Do one of the following:
To backup the entire registry, click My Computer.
To backup a specific group of keys or a specific key, click the folder or key.
On the main menu, click File, then click Export. The Export Registry File dialog box appears.
Specify a name and location for the file, then click Save. The export process begins.
If you are exporting the entire registry, it can take a few minutes, and the file size can be up to 100 MB or more. If you are exporting just one key, the file size is approximately 1 KB.

After you edit the registry, if you are experiencing problems caused by editing the registry, you can import the backed up file:
On the main menu, click File, then click Import. The Import Registry File dialog box appears.

Click the .reg file to import, then click Open. The import process begins. If you are importing the entire registry, it can take a few minutes.