Altro metodo per effettuare una copia di sicurezza del registro

Altro metodo per effettuare una copia di sicurezza del registro e provvedere al ripristino

In tutte le versioni di Windows, molte delle funzioni e delle impostazioni vengono memorizzate nel registro di sistema.
Il registro di sistema ha un'importanza enorme per il corretto funzionamento del sistema operativo ed e' necessario provvedere ad effettuarne una copia di sicurezza.
Il danneggiamento dello stesso potrebbe non rendere piu' avviabile e verranno persi tutti i dati.

Creare nel disco C una cartella con il nome ad esempio "Backup Registro".
Copiarvi dentro i 4 file che troverete nella directory C:\Windows:

• system.dat
• system.da0
• user.dat
• user.da0

A questo punto copiare l'intera cartella appena creata su un altro supporto, per mantenerne una copia di sicurezza.
Se nel caso il sistema non dovesse piu' avviarsi a causa di errori del registro, sara' sufficiente riavviare il PC in modalita' MS-DOS e copiare i 4 file elencati sopra, ceh trovate nella directory C.\Windows o nel FLOPPY/CD di BACKUP.

Terminata questa operazione riavviare il sistema ed il PC dovrebbe partire senza errori come nell'ultimo riavvio corretto.

Driver Checker

Manage your Windows drivers with ease with Driver Check software. Driver Check can deep scan your hardware devices, detect and update the outdated drivers if available, completely backup them and restore them if necessarily. You can also uninstall the drivers completely on demand. Driver Check does all of these through the easy-to-use interface and makes your system running more secure, stable and always up-to-date.


Why Use Driver Check?

-Do you know your PC mysteriously slows down due to the outdated drivers?
-Are your printer, scanner, USB devices, DVD player or new devices not accessible?
-Are you troubled with the blue screen, system crashing or freezing from time to time?
-Are you annoyed by the hassles of checking, downloading and installing the lastest drivers?
-Have you felt helpless on finding the device drivers after re-installing your operating system?
-Do you get warning messages saying that the computer does not recognize the new devices?

Driver Check automatically updates and maintains these drivers: Printer drivers, USB drivers, Sound/Audio drivers, Vista drivers, Bluetooth drivers, Mouse drivers, Keyboard drivers, RAID drivers, Scanner drivers, Video drivers, Modem drivers, Network drivers, Linksys drivers, Webcam drivers, Graphic drivers, VGA drivers & Other Windows drivers.


Here are some key features of "Driver Checker":

• Starightfoward and intuitive interface
• Better PC performance and improved stability
• Access to the largest drivers database in the industry
• Continous updates for the latest manufacturer drivers
• Submit the unavailable drivers updated in next version
• Unlimited technical supports with our 24x7 technicians
• Automatically update and maintain these drivers: Printer drivers, USB drivers, Sound/Audio drivers, Vista drivers, Bluetooth drivers, Mouse drivers, Keyboard drivers, RAID drivers, Scanner drivers, Video drivers, Modem drivers, Network drivers, Linksys drivers, Webcam drivers, Graphic drivers, VGA drivers & Other Windows drivers!

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How to backup the Windows XP Registry?

Method 1: Using System Restore

One way to backup the registry is to create a System Restore snapshot. System Restore returns your computer to a previous snapshot without losing recent personal information, such as documents, history lists, favorites, or e-mail. It monitors the computer and many applications for changes and creates restore points. You restore these snapshots when your configuration isn't working. This method is unreliable in case you want to rollback the registry changes made a longtime ago, in which case the System Restore might have purged that particular restore point - due to space constraints or due to a recent system restore point or even a Restore point corruption. Please remember, System Restore points get deleted for many reasons, making it unreliable, especially in the long run.


Method 2: Backing up the selected branch of the registry by exporting (Reliable)

This method is preferred if you're making changes to a specific key/area of the registry. To backup a selected branch/key in the registry, try this:

* Click Start, and then click Run.
* In the Open box, type regedit, and then click OK
* Locate and then click the key that contains the value that you want to edit
* On the File menu, click Export.
* In the Save in box, select a location where you want to save the Registration Entries (.reg)
* In the File name box, type a file name, and then click Save.

Now that you've created a Registry backup for that particular key. Save the REG file in a safer location in case you want to undo the registry changes made. You can restore the settings by just double-clicking the REG file. It automatically merges the contents to the Registry.


Method 2 (a) : Export registry keys using a command-line (Console Registry Tool)

You can use the Console Registry Tool for Windows (Reg.exe) to edit the registry. For help with the Reg.exe tool, type reg /? at the Command Prompt, and then click OK.

Example: To export the key [HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\IOLO] and it's sub-keys, try this from Command Prompt:

REG EXPORT HKCU\Software\IOLO C:\IOLO.REG

To view the REG contents type notepad C:\iolo.reg in Start, Run dialog. Console Registry Tool is extremely handy for network admins and also for home users.


Method 3: Backing up the whole registry ("System state")

For backing up the whole registry, use the NTBackup utility to back up the System State. The System State includes the registry, the COM+ Class Registration Database, and your boot files. See section "Back Up the Whole Registry" in the following article:

HOW TO: Back Up, Edit, and Restore the Registry in Windows XP

NOTE: NTBACKUP is not installed by default in Windows XP Home Edition. Install it using the instructions available at: Q302894.


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