Re: Backup Registry - Ridiculously Difficult

Irish wrote:
Microsoft SUCKS! Now that I have that off my chest let me relate this
incredible convolution!

I want to install MS Streets & Trips 2006 and am getting an error
message that an MS KB article says can be resolved by deleting
several registry keys. Well, better backup the registry first, right?
Yup! Easy? Nope! This is Microsoft remember.

Where the heck is the backup utility in XP Home? After some effort I
found that the XP Home backup utillity is not installed by default.
Terrific! Using another MS KB article I found it on my system disk
and installed it manually. All set to go, right? Are you kidding?

I went nuts when trying to backup System State to a CD-RW. Error box
said path was invalid or I didn't have authority to do this. Of
course the error message had NOTHING TO DO with the REAL reason
Backup wouldn't work - a really maddening and typical Microsoft
situation. After another diligent search here I found out that the
REAL reason is that this stupid utility won't write to a CD or DVD.
Well that makes sense!!! NOT!

My 256MB flash drive is too small by half to save System State using
Backup. Wonderful!

Well, I'll try using Sonic's RecordNow! Oh, oh! I have no idea where
System State is. Can't find it using Search or looking visually
through Explorer. Where do I find the Registry on my hard drive? Is
the Sonic product a valid application to backup the registry?

I'm a home user. I have no tape drive. I have no partioned or
external hard drive. I don't trust system restore as it has failed me
in the past. I don't want to have to buy third-party software or
hardware to sucessfully install MS S&T 2006!

I've read the documentation for ERUNT and think I could get into
trouble easily as it appears to be quite technical. Will ERUNT backup
to a CD-RW? The FAQ's don't say so. Is there some other reliable
freeware with a very user-friendly interface?

Has anyone another helpful solution to this ridiculous situation?
MVP's - don't be offended but this is truly unreasonable! I've been
three days trying to install Ms S&T 2006 just to get to this point!

Thanks,
Irish

ERunt is a much better registry backup program than ntbackup and it is also
free,
http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
You can also download a user manual at the above link.

However if you really want ntbackup you can download it from here:
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/software/ntbackup.msi

--
Mike Pawlak


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