Today I’ll be showing you how to backup the registry of your Windows XP machine. But before that, let’s first discuss my we need to back up. To start with, what is a back up? According to Wikipedia,  “backup refers to making copies of data so that these additional copies may be used to restore the original after a data loss event”.

Purpose of Backups:

1. To restore a state following a disaster.
2. To restore small numbers of files after they have been accidentally deleted or corrupted.

How to Backup the Registry

In order to backup your registry in Windows XP, follow  these simple steps:

1. Open Start menu, click Run, type regedit and select OK.

2. In Registry Editor, click File in the menu bar and click Export.

3. Look at the bottom of the newly appeared window and Under the Export range select All.

4. Put an appropriate file name (much better if you put date in there, so that it will be better for you to distinguish) and Save as file type Registration Files(*.reg).

That’s how easy it is to Backup your Registry in Windows XP. Back up often. You’ll know what i mean when disaster strikes.

Need a Tutorial? Post a comment here. I’ll be happy to post a tutorial if I know it.