How to make a Registry Backup in Windows XP and Windows Vista
Windows Registry is a key component for a smooth running of your system. If by chance it gets corrupted or damaged due to an accumulation of junk information such as obsolete, incorrect, or malicious registry keys, it can cause severe damage to your operating system.
The best thing to do is to save your Registry by creating a backup. There are no quick methods provided by Microsoft to make a Registry Backup, you’ll have to do this manually.
There are various methods by which you can create a backup copy of your system’s registry; we’ll discuss only the easiest one.
Creating a Registry Backup by exporting
1. Go to Start menu, select Run, type REGEDIT, and press ENTER,
2. Locate the file that you are about to make changes to,
3. Right click on that folder and choose Export,
4. In the Save in box, select a location where you want to save the Registration Entries (.reg),
5. Type the name of the backup file in the File name box,
6. Next, in the Export range section, to back up the entire registry, select All and to back up a portion of the registry, choose Selected Branch and type the name of the branch you want to back up in the text box,
7. Select Save to create the backup file.
Restoring Registry Backup After Saving the File
Once your registry is created, make sure that you place it in a safe place. You can restore the settings by just double-clicking the REG file. It merges the contents to the Registry automatically.
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