ARCHIVED: In Windows 95, 98, 98SE, and Me, how do I make a backup of the registry?
Note: UITS recommends that you use a current version of Windows on computers connected to the Indiana University network; see Recommended Windows operating systems at IU.
Follow the appropriate instructions below to back up your registry:
Windows 98, 98SE, and Me
- From the
scanregw
and click . menu, select , then
type - When you are prompted to back up the registry, click .
- When you receive the "backup complete" message, click .
When you back up the registry using the scanregw
utility,
Windows combines several files into a Rb0 x.cab
file
(where x
is a number from 0 to 5). Each time you back up
the registry, the oldest Rbo x.cab
file gets
overwritten. Windows creates these Rb0 x.cab
files
in the Windows\Sysbckup
folder.
The Rb0 x.cab
files contain the
System.dat
, User.dat
,
System.ini
, and Win.ini
files, as well as
registry configuration information (including user account
information, protocol bindings, software program settings, and user
preferences).
You can find instructions on restoring a registry from a Rb0
x.cab
file in the Knowledge Base document ARCHIVED: In Windows 95, 98, or Me, how do I restore a registry?
This information is based on the Microsoft knowledge base article 256419.
Windows 95
To make a backup copy of the registry in Windows 95, simply
copy the files user.dat
and system.dat
onto
a disk or network resource. These files are located in the
C:\Windows
directory.
Keep in mind that these files are hidden system files. In a typical installation of Windows 95, they will not be visible. To make these files visible and make backup copies, follow these steps:
- Double-click , then the icon. From here, you should see a folder called . Double-click this folder.
- You should see a series of icons. If you see no icons, to the left of the window, click .
- From the menu, select . In the window that opens, click the tab marked .
- In the new window, click the radio button marked , then click .
- You will be back at the
c:\Windows
window. Scroll down and look for a file calledsystem.dat
. Copy this file to a disk or to an available network resource. - Look for a file called
user.dat
. If you do not use multiple profiles on your computer (i.e., if you do not log into the computer when Windows starts up), this file will be in thec:\Windows
directory. Copy the file as you did the first file.If you do log into the computer, the file is kept in the following path:
c:\Windows\profiles\username\
Instead of
username
, you will see the login name you use to get into Windows. Double-click the folder, then the folder that lists your username. Copy the file as you did the first file.
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Last modified on 2018-01-18 12:58:12.