[win2kforum] Re: Backing up the whole system registry...
- From: "L.W. Kramer" <lwkramer@xxxxxxxxxx>
- To: win2kforum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2001 21:58:54 -0700
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>Hello everybody.
>
>One very simple question...
>
>How do I backup the whole windows registry (on Windows 2000 =
>Professional), but under certain sircumstances.
>The Windows registry - i think - is stored in these files:
>C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\*.* (HKLM)
>C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\ADMINISTRATOR\NTUSER.*
>and also to every user's profile directory
>C:\DOCUMENTS AND SETTINGS\$USER\NTUSER.*
>where $USER a local user.
>while being logged in as an Administrator I try to copy=20
>COPY C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\*.* C:\BACKUP=20
>I get the following errors:
>C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\AppEvent.Evt
>C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\default
>The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another =
>process.
>C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\default.sav
>C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\IExplore.evt
>C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SAM
>The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another =
>process.
>C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SecEvent.Evt
>C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SECURITY
>The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another =
>process.
>C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\software
>The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another =
>process.
>C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\software.sav
>C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SysEvent.Evt
>C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\system
>The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another =
>process.
>C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\SYSTEM.ALT
>The process cannot access the file because it is being used by another =
>process.
>C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\system.sav
>C:\WINNT\SYSTEM32\CONFIG\userdiff
> 8 file(s) copied.
>
>(The next step is useless because while copying from C:\DOCUMENTS AND =
>SETTINGS\ADMINISTRATOR\NTUSER.* I get similar errors.
>
>I understand that while I am logged-in as Administrator and/or when the =
>system is running windows is using the registry. But I just want to copy =
>these files NOT MODIFY THEM (if i want to modify them I use =
>regedit/regedit32.
>What's that process that is using these files... I get these errors even =
>if I close all the applications running on the system, =
>ending/terminating all the possible tasks I can terminate and stopping =
>all the services. I still get the same error
>
>It MUST BE a way to be able to copy the whole registry files somewhere =
>else without logging-off from the system and using the recovery console =
>to copy them somewhere else (i.e on another directory or drive)!
>
>Please help me!
>
>Thank you in advance for your answers/recommendations!
>
>--
>George Goundras
>Athens, Greece
>
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