How to restore Windows XP registry

How to restore Windows XP registry?

Before learning how to restore your Windows registry, you must know the reasons that may force you to restore the registry. Some of the common reasons are given below. Repair registry damage due to a recent program install/uninstall. Fix corrupt registry entries due to system or software crash. Undo changes done during manual registry edit. Restore registry after a failed registry scan and repair process. How to Restore Your Windows XP Registry? The method you choose to restore your registry primarily depends on the way you backup your registry. So let¡¯s have a look at some of the methods that enable you to make registry backups on your XP system and how you can restore the registry from these backups. Registry Editor You can make full or selective backups of your registry using the Registry Editor. You need to perform the following steps to back up the registry: Step1. Open the Start menu, select Run, type Regedit, and then select the OK button. Step2. In the Registry Editor window, select File and then select Export. Step3. Type the name of the backup file in the File name box. Step4. In the Export range section, select All to back up the entire registry and to backup a selected portion choose the Selected branch option and then type the branch you want to backup in the text box. Step5. Select the Save to save the backup as a .reg file in the specified location. To restore the registry from this backup, navigate to the .reg file you need to restore and double-click on it. Then select Yes to confirm your decision. Although this method is useful, it does have a drawback. It does not revert the changes you would have done after the backup. It only adds or changes the entries that are backed up in the .reg file. Registry Utility Registry Booster helps to fix the problem in a simple process. Tell it to scan your Registry, and it goes through and identifies common problems and junk. Then tell it to repair the Registry, and it tidies things up. Because changing the Registry can have serious impact on your system, the program lets you first look at the problems it finds, and tell it to only fix some of them. If you get into trouble, the program also lets you revert to the previous version of the Registry. At any point you may restore a Registry configuration to an earlier saved and backed up version. Click on the Restore Tab on the Navigation Panel to reveal a list of backup files.

Two buttons may be found on the bottom right hand side of the screen. These either Delete the Registry Backup File or Restore a highlighted Registry Backup file. To restore a Registry Backup file, click on the desired file within the backup file list and then click on the Restore Button.

Registry Booster confirms your restore as follows:

There is a limit (maximum 5 files) to how many backed up registry files you can maintain. Be sure to clean out the older versions by highlighting the file you need to delete and clicking on the Delete Button.

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