How to backup, save, or export regisrty? (W2K)

[brew_007]

I feel really stupid with this. I just need to know how to either save, backup, or export the registry before I start changing and 'playing around' with it, while trying to tweak it. PLEASE let me know if you don't mind. I really don't want to screw up my system while trying to make this changes. thanks

[Andy-S]

Backing up the W2K registry is not very well documented. The simplest method is to create an emergency repair diskette (ERD). The ERD saves the contents of the registry to a repair directory and copies the files required to boot NT to a floppy diskette. Once booted the repair directory is accessed and the registry can be loaded from there.

This URL provides an overview of the process:

<a target="_blank" href=http://windows.about.com/library/weekly/aa040200a.htm>http://windows.about.com/library/weekly/aa040200a.htm</a>

Cheers
Andy