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Manually Restore the Registry From its Backup in Windows (Windows 7 / Vista)
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<blockquote data-quote="writhziden" data-source="post: 28383" data-attributes="member: 160"><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><strong>Manually Restore the Registry From its Backup in Windows Vista or Windows 7</strong></span></p><p></p><p>This tutorial provides instructions for replacing your current registry with a backup to fix a possibly damaged registry.</p><p></p><p>[t1]The following must be carried out exactly as stated here. Any deviation or change in output can further damage the Windows installation and require you to <a href="https://www.sysnative.com/forums/showthread.php)?p=28381&viewfull=1#post28381" target="_blank">Clean Re-Install Windows 7 or Windows Vista</a>.[/t1]</p><ol> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">First, access the <a href="https://www.sysnative.com/forums/showthread.php)?p=28372&viewfull=1#post28372" target="_blank">System Recovery Options</a>.<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Next, open a command prompt.<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Check each drive's layout to find the Windows directory. It should appear similar to the following image:<br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><img src="https://www.sysnative.com/writhziden/tutorials/images/RegistryRecoveryVista/RR1_zpsc803cd39.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Change directories to the :\Windows\System32\ directory. In the below case, the drive letter was D:, so the result was the following command:<br /> <br /> [code]cd D:\Windows\System32[/code]<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Copy your config directory to a backup in case the next steps do not work.<br /> <br /> [code]D:\Windows\System32>mkdir configBackup<br /> <br /> D:\Windows\System32>copy config configBackup<br /> config\BCD-Template<br /> config\COMPONENTS<br /> config\DEFAULT<br /> config\SAM<br /> config\SECURITY<br /> config\SOFTWARE<br /> config\SYSTEM<br /> 7 file(s) copied.[/code]<br /> <br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Change directories to the config\RegBack directory:<br /> <br /> [code]cd config\RegBack[/code]<br /> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Type the following command to see the directory contents:<br /> <br /> [code]dir[/code]<br /> <br /> The file sizes need to be the same or at least similar to the following image or this will not work.<br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><img src="https://www.sysnative.com/writhziden/tutorials/images/RegistryRecoveryVista/RR3_zps1e44596d.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> <br /> <p style="margin-left: 20px">[t1]If there are any size 0 files, <strong><span style="color: red">do not continue</span></strong>[/t1]</p> <br /> </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ol">Copy the files from the RegBack directory to the previous directory:<br /> <br /> <p style="margin-left: 20px"><img src="https://www.sysnative.com/writhziden/tutorials/images/RegistryRecoveryVista/RR4_zpsd75a5348.png" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" /></p> </li> </ol></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="writhziden, post: 28383, member: 160"] [SIZE=4][B]Manually Restore the Registry From its Backup in Windows Vista or Windows 7[/B][/SIZE] This tutorial provides instructions for replacing your current registry with a backup to fix a possibly damaged registry. [t1]The following must be carried out exactly as stated here. Any deviation or change in output can further damage the Windows installation and require you to [URL='https://www.sysnative.com/forums/showthread.php)?p=28381&viewfull=1#post28381']Clean Re-Install Windows 7 or Windows Vista[/URL].[/t1] [LIST=1] [*]First, access the [URL='https://www.sysnative.com/forums/showthread.php)?p=28372&viewfull=1#post28372']System Recovery Options[/URL]. [*]Next, open a command prompt. [*]Check each drive's layout to find the Windows directory. It should appear similar to the following image: [INDENT][IMG]https://www.sysnative.com/writhziden/tutorials/images/RegistryRecoveryVista/RR1_zpsc803cd39.png[/IMG][/INDENT] [*]Change directories to the :\Windows\System32\ directory. In the below case, the drive letter was D:, so the result was the following command: [code]cd D:\Windows\System32[/code] [*]Copy your config directory to a backup in case the next steps do not work. [code]D:\Windows\System32>mkdir configBackup D:\Windows\System32>copy config configBackup config\BCD-Template config\COMPONENTS config\DEFAULT config\SAM config\SECURITY config\SOFTWARE config\SYSTEM 7 file(s) copied.[/code] [*]Change directories to the config\RegBack directory: [code]cd config\RegBack[/code] [*]Type the following command to see the directory contents: [code]dir[/code] The file sizes need to be the same or at least similar to the following image or this will not work. [INDENT][IMG]https://www.sysnative.com/writhziden/tutorials/images/RegistryRecoveryVista/RR3_zps1e44596d.png[/IMG][/INDENT] [INDENT][t1]If there are any size 0 files, [B][COLOR=red]do not continue[/COLOR][/B][/t1][/INDENT] [*]Copy the files from the RegBack directory to the previous directory: [INDENT][IMG]https://www.sysnative.com/writhziden/tutorials/images/RegistryRecoveryVista/RR4_zpsd75a5348.png[/IMG][/INDENT] [/LIST] [/QUOTE]
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