what's the easiest way to backup the registry?

[Kaido]

I need to back up the registry because I plan on doing some mods that may or may not turn out. Is there an easy way to do this?

 

[SUOrangeman]

Ghost (or similar disk/partition imaging utility).

-SUO

 

[Kaido]

Can Ghost do just the registry? I'm making keyboard key changes and I want to be able to revert if I mess up.

 

[Kaido]

I was able to export it from regedit, but it doesn't want to let me import it because proceses are running. anyone know how to import registry backup files using safe mode or some other way?

 

[mikecel79]

Do you need to backup the whole registry or jsut the keys your editing? It doesn't sound like you need to do the whole registry file just the keys your going to edit instead. If so then just export them to a reg file from inside regedit. If you mess up just double click this registry file and it will revert the keys back to what they were before.

If you want to backup the entire registry I recommend doing a System State backup with NTBackup. Ghost can only image the whole drive or partition, not just the registry.

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: mikecel79
Do you need to backup the whole registry or jsut the keys your editing? It doesn't sound like you need to do the whole registry file just the keys your going to edit instead. If so then just export them to a reg file from inside regedit. If you mess up just double click this registry file and it will revert the keys back to what they were before.

If you want to backup the entire registry I recommend doing a System State backup with NTBackup. Ghost can only image the whole drive or partition, not just the registry.

Well, I'm using a program called Sharpkeys 1.1. I want to be able to revert in case I want the original file. I'm not sure where the keys are saved.

 

[mikecel79]

The key you are looking for is:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout

Back that up and you should be all set. Also the program itself should have some way of restoring this information. You may have to log out and log back in for it to take effect.

 

[bsobel]

Originally posted by: Kaido
I need to back up the registry because I plan on doing some mods that may or may not turn out. Is there an easy way to do this?

Which OS?

 

[Kaido]

Originally posted by: mikecel79
The key you are looking for is:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout

Back that up and you should be all set. Also the program itself should have some way of restoring this information. You may have to log out and log back in for it to take effect.

yup, just found that on the developer's website:

Posted on: January 11, 2005 at 11:16 AM by Andres

I want to know how i could make a backup of the configuration, so when i have to install the soft again i don´t have to configurate the hole mapping again. Thank you very much.
Posted on: January 11, 2005 at 12:35 PM by Randy

That's supported by RegEdit.
- Go to Start -> Run and type regedit
- Navigate to HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Keyboard Layout
- Right click on Keyboard Layout and select Export
- Save a .REG file to somewhere on your hard drive. To restore the file double click it in explorer or import it with RegEdit

Or copy the contented of the Scancode Map value: if you remove and re-enter it from there it's same as using SharpKeys.

One thing of note: you'll still have to logout or reboot for the changes to take effect...