Do you often restore your windows registry ?This is a common problem that most modern people encounter.When we find that our windows registry occurs errors,we must restore it.Before telling you the ways to restore your registry,it is nessary to let you know the reasons that may force you to restore the registry.The common reasons are:
1.usually install and uninstall programs.
2.Fix corrupt registry entries due to system or software crash.
3.some malwares add malicious registry entries.
4.Undo changes done by manual registry editing.
Ways to restore your Windows xp registry
There are some tools that can help you restore your registry.We usually use Registry Editor ,System Restore and Registry Repair software to backup and restore registry.Registry Editor and System Restore come form Windows operation itself but Registry Repair software is a Third-party registry maintenance software.Whether you choose which way to restore your registry,the first thing you must do is backup your registry.Let’s have a look at these ways that enable you to make registry backups on your XP system and how you can restore the registry from these backups.
Registry Editor
The Registry Editor provide full and selective backup function for you.You can follow below steps to back up the registry:
1.Open the Start menu, select Run, type Regedit, and then select the OK button.
2.In the Registry Editor window, select File and then select Export.
3.Type the name of the backup file in the File name box.
4.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.
5.Select the Save to save the backup as a .reg file in the specified location.
At this time, you must know that the backup registry file made by you is a correct registry’s backup file.Then 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.
System Restore
The other tool comes from windows operation is System Restore.By using System Restore you can also restore your registry.System Restore is a Windows XP feature that makes regular snapshots of your registry, operating system files, and configuration settings. If your system crashes, you can restore the system to the last known working condition by selecting the snapshot taken at that time. System Restore is enabled by default on your Windows XP system if more than 200 MB of space is available to it to save snapshots. The tool takes snapshot of your system on a daily basis, especially before you make major system configuration changes or install\uninstall a large application.You can follow below steps to restore your registry by using System Restore:
1.Open the Start menu, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and select System Restore.
2.On the Select a Restore Point page, select the Restore my computer to an earlier time option, and click Next.
3.Select the date to which you want to restore your system, and select the Next button.
4.On the Confirm Restore Point Selection page, verify your selection and then select the Next button to start the restoration process.
Registry repair software
Registry repair software is a third-part registry maintain and repair tool.And it is the safest and easilest way to repair your registry errors.It also provide restore registry function.Every person ,especially PC abecedarians can easily use it to restore his registry by click a few button.Most of the registry repair software make automatic registry backups before they start any registry repair task, such as scanning and removing errors and unwanted information from the registry.Some advanced registry cleaners enable you to perform selective backups. Using this option you can back up only a small portion of the registry. And when you restore, you just revert the changes done to this portion and all other settings in the registry remain as is. It is a dangerous way to restore registry by using Registry Editor or System Restore,because you may easily make a mistake careless by following above steps.We recommend you strongly to use a good registry repair software like Perfect Optimizer to restore and maintain your registry.