Using Rescue
RegRun Rescue is very useful tool for each user.
It allows you to easily create the backup copies of your registry or system files on the hard drive, network or floppy disks.
First of all, create a copy of your registry before any registry operations!
It's very simple with RegRun Rescue.
Backing up
Open RegRun Control Center, choose Registry, Backup Registry.
You will see the RegRun Rescue main window.
Click Run to create a copy of your registry on the floppy disks.
Automatic Backup
Learn how to create a storehouse.
Recommended for backup registry and important files.
Restoring
If you have get a computer crash, you can restore your registry quickly!
Windows 95/98/ME users:
Go to the DOS mode or boot with floppy. Insert first disk with Rescue copy.
Enter a command:
a:restore
You will be prompted to restore your files. Press any key.
You will be prompted to insert other disks if need.
After unpacking files to the hard disk, you will be prompted to restore registry files.
Press any key. Restart your computer.
Windows NT4/2000/XP/Vista users:
Microsoft tells:
You can start your system using either the Windows Setup disks or the Windows CD or using Windows 2000 Recovery console.
To add the Recovery Console to existing installations of Windows 2000, on the Start menu, click Run, and then type:
F:\I386\Winnt32.exe /cmdcons
where F is the CD-ROM drive letter.
This installation requires approximately 7 megabytes (MB) of disk space on your system partition.
The Recovery Console provides system repair and recovery functionality.
If there is more than one installation of Windows 2000 or Microsoft® Windows NT® 4.0 or earlier, they are also shown in the Recovery Console startup menu.
To access the disk by using the Recovery Console, press the number key representing the Windows 2000 installation that you want to repair, and then press ENTER. The Recovery Console then prompts you for the administrator password. If you press ENTER without typing a number, the Recovery Console exits and restarts the computer.
To use the Recovery Console, you must know the password for the local Administrator account. If you do not have the correct password,
Recovery Console does not allow access to the computer. If an incorrect password is entered three times, the Recovery Console quits and restarts the computer. However, you can use either the Group Policy snap-in or the Security Configuration and Analysis snap-in to specify automatic administrative logon.
Once the password has been validated, you have full access to the Recovery Console, but limited access to the hard disk. You can only access the following folders on your computer:
%SystemRoot%. If you have multiple Windows installations, this is on the partition that contains Boot.ini and other Windows files required to start the system.
%Windir% and subfolders of the Windows 2000 installation that you are currently logged on to.
%SystemRoot%\Cmdcons and its subfolders.
The Recovery Console prevents access to other folders such as Program Files or Documents and Settings, as well as to folders containing other installations of Windows 2000. However, you can use the logon command to access an alternate installation. Alternatively, you can gain access to other installation folders by restarting the Recovery Console, choosing the number representing that installation, and then entering the administrator password for that installation.
You cannot copy a file from the local hard disk to a floppy disk, but you can copy a file from a floppy disk or a CD-ROM to any hard disk,
and from a hard disk to another hard disk. However, with the set command enabled, you can copy files to a floppy disk. The Recovery Console displays an "Access is denied" error message when it detects invalid commands.
We strongly recommend enabling "set command policy" immediately. Open Start menu, Settings, Control Panel, Administrative Tools, Local Security Policy, locate for Recovery Console options.
When using Recovery Console you may get know more about commands with using "help" command.
To restore your registry:
type in the command line:
chdir system32\config\regback
batch restore.bat
Registry will be restored without prompt.
Type "exit" to logout and restart your computer.
Note:
you can't expand your registry files from diskette with Recovery Console.
But if you do have another working operation system on your computer you may restore files to the hard disk and copy them to desired location. Use restore.bat located on the first disk for help.
Advanced Backup
If you want to make a backup copy of your files and/or folders and/or registry, click on the New Scenario button. Give a name for your scenario and add files or folders or registry to your backup. Choose a location of your backup copy.
To automate creation of backup copies you may use command line to launch Rescue:
It will be launched immediately!
If you wish to make backup to the different than default folder, use this syntax:
If the folder is not exists it will be created.
The main window of Rescue will be hidden.
You can use Launch Soon, RunJob, Start Control or Scheduler to automate creation of the backup copies.
Advanced Restoring
Note! If you want to restore particular files of your Rescue copy.
Go to the command prompt.
Enter a command like this:
EXPAND 1.cab -F:*.* C:\Temp
This example allows to extract all files to the C:\Temp folder.
Full syntax:
EXPAND [-r] Source Destination
EXPAND -r Source [Destination]
EXPAND -D Source.cab [-F:Files]
EXPAND Source.cab -F:Files Destination
-r Rename expanded files.
-D Display list of files in source.
Source Source file specification. Wildcards may be used.
-F:Files Name of files to expand from a .CAB.
Destination Destination file | path specification.
Destination may be a directory.
If Source is multiple files and -r is not specified,
Destination must be a directory.
Note:
The function "Create Emergency Recovery Floppy" doesn't work with Windows 95