How to restore registry

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  1. Ropipo

    Ropipo Registered Member

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    My Vista resistry has been altered by an unknown process. I already succeeded to repair the Winsock and Windsock2 entries but I still have a problem (Failed to initialize core system component - CORE.DefaultSocketManager Subsystem)
    I wish to restore the registry from a full backup. But where do I find the registry back up, what name must I search ?

    Roger
     
  2. nb47

    nb47 Registered Member

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    You should be able to get it from 'My Computer', I would think.
     
  3. Ropipo

    Ropipo Registered Member

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    O.K. I was not clear. I know the file name for the general BKUP.
    But how do I do a partial restore for the registry. I find a bunch of dataset names as Boot, Documents and Settings etc... In which folder will I find the specific BKUP that contains the registry (Windows ? System Volume Information ? Boot ? System32 ?) Which file: regapi.dll ? regdt32.dll ?etc...
    See what I mean ?

    Roger
     
  4. DwnNdrty

    DwnNdrty Registered Member

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    How about using a Windows Restore point?
     
  5. Ropipo

    Ropipo Registered Member

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    Yes, you are right. With more investigations I realized that the restore I had in mind would bring me into more trouble.

    Roger
     
  6. jmk94903

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    The best solution is to restore the backup image to revert the entire system to the state when the backup was made. Trying to select files like the Registry components to restore separately is not likely to be successful.

    If your computer now has data on it that is not in the backup image, make a new backup before doing the restore. Although this backup has the Registry errors, you can use it to restore your new data after restoring the entire system. You just use the 'mount image" feature to access the data in the image.

    If you installed programs since the previous backup image was made, you will have to reinstall those programs because they cannot be restored separately from an image.

    I hope that helps.
     
  7. Ropipo

    Ropipo Registered Member

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    John,

    That is what I finally did. Everything worked perfectly. The BKUP was 9 days old but nothing was changed in the PC during this interval of time.
    Roger
     
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    Thanks for letting us know how this worked out, and I'm glad the solution was acceptable.
     
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