Microsoft Windows Registry Backup
Backup for Disaster Recovery
To ensure successful recovery in case of a disk failure, always back up the entire registry. That is, back up the directory that contains the entire registry.
- On most Windows systems, this directory is
%systemroot%\system32\config
- On Windows 98 or 95, this directory is
%systemroot%
Where %systemroot% is the directory where Windows is installed.
For example, if Windows NT is installed in the c:\winnt directory, then including any of the following paths will accomplish the backup
c:\winnt\system32\config (backs up the entire config directory)
c:\ (backs up the entire C drive)
:\ (backs up all local drives except those that are removable)
 Caution
To ensure a successful recovery of the registry in case of disaster, do not include individual registry files or HKEY entries in the same backup selection list that is used to back up the entire registry. If you are using a NetBackup exclude list for a client, do not exclude any registry files from your backups.
Back Up Individual HKEYs (do not use for disaster recovery)
As mentioned above, do not include HKEY entries in the same policy backup selection list used to back up the entire registry. However, if you want the ability to restore individual keys within the registry, create a separate policy and then specify the desired HKEYs in the backup selection list for that policy. The following is an example HKEY entry for a policy backup selection list:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE:\
Remember, you cannot perform a disaster recovery by restoring HKEYs. In addition, backups and restores will be slower than backing up the registry as a whole.
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