Harold, Actually, that is the main reason FOR backing up your registry, so you have a registry that was working and of known values when it happens.
For example, one of the BIGGEST reasons to backup the registry is right before doing a new program/driver/etc install on your system - to that point, the system is working perfectly ok BUT you never know with a new install what might fully happen. Since one of the BIGGEST problems with installs is a mess occurring in the registry, more than other issues that happen on your system, if a screwup in the regsitry occurs, you could restore to a known point when it worked ok and then go from there. Actually, the best would be to backup your whole system, since, for the same reason, you just never know what might happen with a new install - corruption of or invalid replacement of DLLs and any number of other files. BUT backing up the registry is better than not doing so, since the registry is vital to getting windows to work at all. Then you do the install, and if everything goes as expected (you might have to spend some time running your system to make sure everything IS ok), you can effectively discard the backup you made, though you as well as everyone should make timely backups of your whole system, since hard drives DO crash, being the nature of that beast - nothing works forever. HOWEVER, if the install was a problem, all the way up to crashing your system, you can use what you backedup to restore to a known point. The problem with just backing up the registry is that if you lost one or more programs, then you can have an out of sync situation with registry versus what is on your system - one of the BIGGEST and MAIN reasons for backing up your whole system, so all that has existed still exists if you have to do a total and complete system restore. Ralph Harold B wrote: > > Hi again, > > Speaking of problems, backing up the registry and then reinstalling it (if necessary >after a problem is noted) always puzzled me. > > How can one reinstall an older version of the registry *after* changing >configurations, and making all kinds of installs and deletes (doing whatever one does >on the computer)? ... Wouldn't that older backup no longer be applicable? > > Harold B in Brighton Beach, Brooklyn, NY ============= PCWorks Mailing List ================= Don't see your post? Check our posting guidelines & make sure you've followed proper posting procedures, http://pcworkers.com/rules.htm Contact list owner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unsubscribing and other changes: http://pcworkers.com =====================================================
