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]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/20/windows-registry-recovery/#comment-578601 Henk Sat, 20 Dec 2008 23:22:53 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=9214#comment-578601 The evident problem with this "recover" approach is its after-crash timing itself. If your system crashed, then there's a fair chance that the crash's cause lies within, or is reflected in, that system's registry data. So if you "recover" that registry, you run the risk of restoring the crash-related data as well, meaning the system may crash the very next time again! So a regular **pre-crash** registry backup works much better and safer, because it does make sure you always have some "last-known-good" registry copies at hand. For example, the freeware ERUNT registry backup-and-restore utility can be set to automatically backup the Vista registry at every bootup. If you use this, then apart from a complete System Restore you always have some **working** registry copies at hand. These can be quickly restored using ERUNT, and because the copies are literal copies, even if the system won't start at all you can copy back a previous registry backup manually (using something like a Ubuntu bootup cd). In short, I think the pre-crash approach is safer (and also more logical) than the after-crash restoring discussed above. The evident problem with this “recover” approach is its after-crash timing itself. If your system crashed, then there’s a fair chance that the crash’s cause lies within, or is reflected in, that system’s registry data. So if you “recover” that registry, you run the risk of restoring the crash-related data as well, meaning the system may crash the very next time again!
So a regular **pre-crash** registry backup works much better and safer, because it does make sure you always have some “last-known-good” registry copies at hand. For example, the freeware ERUNT registry backup-and-restore utility can be set to automatically backup the Vista registry at every bootup. If you use this, then apart from a complete System Restore you always have some **working** registry copies at hand. These can be quickly restored using ERUNT, and because the copies are literal copies, even if the system won’t start at all you can copy back a previous registry backup manually (using something like a Ubuntu bootup cd).
In short, I think the pre-crash approach is safer (and also more logical) than the after-crash restoring discussed above.

]]> http://www.ghacks.net/2008/12/20/windows-registry-recovery/#comment-578486 Joseph Sat, 20 Dec 2008 21:28:34 +0000 http://www.ghacks.net/?p=9214#comment-578486 This is wonderful and much needed! Thanks! This is wonderful and much needed! Thanks!

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