I was just reading some Computer Learning posts and had an idea...
The wise will click NEXT when my posts begin this way!
Windows keeps five copies of your registry, making a new copy after every successful boot. You can restore your registry by booting into DOS mode and using the command REGEDIT/REGEN and selecting one of the earlier copies.
But what if the problem you're having is that your computer only runs for a short while before you're forced to re-boot? You'll have five recent copies of your registry, but each one of them will be worthless.
Here's what to do:
When your system is running properly, use REGEDIT to EXPORT the entire registry. In REGEDIT, highlight My Computer and click the Registry button. Select Export, and choose a file name. REGEDIT will create a text file of your registry keys. It'll be a big file too, several megabytes. But it'll not get overwritten when your system boots.
If, sometime down the road, your registry gets corrupted, and all backup copies are useless too, you can create a new registry from the exported keys.
Like so many computer maintenance operations, this one should be done before trouble strikes. After is too late.
Cheers, PW.
P.S. When REGEDIT creates a new registry from a file of keys, the new registry is stored with maximum efficiency and deleted keys are gone instead of flagged as unused. Some registry cleaners do little more than automate this work: export keys and create a new registry.
P.P.S. It takes a couple of minutes to Export the keys, but about a half-hour to re-create the new registry.
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