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Skriven 2006-04-13 12:48:56 av Gary Britt (1:379/45)
  Kommentar till text 10708 av Rich Gauszka (1:379/45)
Ärende: Re: Using Win2K Resource Kit's Regback.exe and RegRest.exe on XP
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From: "Gary Britt" <glb@gencog.com>

Thanks for the reference to the filelist.xml.  I didn't know about that file or
directory.

Gary

"Rich Gauszka" <gauszka@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:443e7eeb@w3....
> System Restore monitors and backs a core set of files defined in
>
>  \System32\Restore\Filelist.xml
>
>
>
> PCWorld has recommended ERUNT as a registry backup for XP (  I'd rather
> stay with System Restore )
>
> http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
>
> Should I disable Windows XP's System Restore function when using ERUNT?
> Answer: Yes! Though System Restore backs up more than just the registry,
> the registry is essentially all you need to revert your system to a
> previous state. Advantages of ERUNT over System Restore are that each
> restore folder is standalone and independent of the others, minimizing the
> risk of restore failures, and that a restore can easily be done from
> outside Windows. Also, ERUNT backups usually take up less hard drive space
> than System Restore's restore points and may be individually deleted at
> any time.
>
>
> "Gary Britt" <glb@gencog.com> wrote in message news:443d66b2@w3....
>> Yes that's true in a way, but doing a manual replace of the registry from
>> a CD boot or recovery console boot can be done with the System Restore
>> backups of the registry, its just a real pain (given the directory names)
>> to navigate your way there and then copy with rename the files to the
>> proper places.   System Restore also makes changes to drivers and other
>> files that a manual restore of the registry doesn't make (which is good
>> if you need it but bad if you don't).
>>
>> I've noticed that System Restore backs up all the files in the
>> windows\system32\wbem\repository\fs directory.  What are these files
>> about? Something about the file system?  If one does a manual restore of
>> the registry files but don't restore these files in the \**\FS directory
>> any problems?  What if you do save copies of these \**\FS directory files
>> as part of your registry backup and then manually restore the registry
>> and these files from the  \**\FS directory is that dangerous to the files
>> system due to hard drive changes between the date the files were backed
>> up and the date of the restore?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Gary
>>
>> "Robert Comer" <bobcomer_removeme@mindspring.com> wrote in message
>> news:443d5bbb$1@w3....
>>> Regback was pretty much made redundant by System Restore...
>>>
>>> --
>>> Bob Comer
>>>
>>>
>>> "Gary Britt" <glb@gencog.com> wrote in message news:443d59b3$1@w3....
>>>> Yes I'm sure that's good advice.  Its just that there is no console app
>>>> regback equivalent in XP.
>>>>
>>>> I have to admit I'm a bit surprised that this hasn't been tried and
>>>> verified to work or not work many times now since XP's release.  I
>>>> guess maybe there weren't that many people using regback on win2K.
>>>> Saved my arse many times, however.
>>>>
>>>> Gary
>>>>
>>>> "John Beckett" <FirstnameSurname@compuserve.com.omit> wrote in message
>>>> news:amnp3292ev9n2vki2d9nl0ntoao8qtm627@4ax.com...
>>>>> "Gary Britt" <glb@gencog.com> wrote in message news:<443c2fc0$1@w3.>:
>>>>>> Has anybody here ever used the regback.exe and regrest.exe programs
>>>>>> from the
>>>>>> Win2K resource kit to backup the system registry on XP?
>>>>>
>>>>> No idea, but in general, NEVER use old software on new systems.
>>>>>
>>>>> Sure, you could use an old robocopy to copy files because it's just
>>>>> asking
>>>>> the OS to do the actual work. However, for anything that fiddles with
>>>>> the
>>>>> registry or other OS stuff you must use CURRENT software.
>>>>>
>>>>> John
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>

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