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mtpros
06-04-2001, 04:39 PM
A friend of mine has a corrupt Registry file. I was wondering if Windows made a backup of the registry that he could restore from and if so how this can be done. Or maybe if there was a utility we could use to restore.

Thanks in advance
jaida
06-04-2001, 04:43 PM
what operating system does your friend have?
mtpros
06-04-2001, 04:46 PM
Windows 98 sorry I left that out
Richard_Cranium72
06-04-2001, 04:49 PM
Restart into DOS and type at the C: prompt

scanreg/ fix

or

scanreg/ restore

I might have gotten the / at the wrong end sorry

DrVette
jansson_markus
06-05-2001, 11:21 PM
Actually just stick to that "scanreg /fix". If you restore old registry that is corrupted too you arent getting anywhere.

If scanreg /fix fails, THEN and ONLY THEN restore old registy. And when you have done that, you better run "scanreg /fix" too since the "old" registry isnt up-to-date.


Markus
muno
06-06-2001, 03:26 AM
scanreg /backup backups the registry in case you want to make a backup of the current one.. Windows automatically makes it upon succesful boot but, a manual way to do it =)
-M