How to back up the Registry

Ah Yes...the mystical, magical Registry.  Repository of all that is our computer.   Without it, Windows will make your PC into little more than a really expensive paperweight.  That is why we at FTALK recommend backing up your registry along with your other regular backups.....you are doing backups now aren't you???

Alas, the Registry is complicated.  The Registry is complex and misunderstood.   And to make it even more interesting, you can't back it up by just copying some files to a floppy because the Registry is open when the operating system is running.

Fortunately the brainy folks in Redmond supply you with a tool to back up the Registry called the Emergency Rescue Utility. The ERU is supplied on the CD that Installed your Windows Operating System.

You will find it in the subdirectory:
\tools\misc\eru on your CD

Use it before installing new software or on a regular basis when you do system backups.   Thus, when your machine crashes due to some feature in a piece of software you installed you will have some additional ammunition to get you back up and running again.