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I’d like to restore an XP client and can understand the procedure (including reinstalling the system in a temporary folder in C) except for restoring the registry. Could anyone give me some step-by-step instructions? In particular, how does one access the newly installed Client without rebooting the NT machine?

 

Thanks, Martin

 

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In the Retrospect Users Guide, p. 125 in the PDF, under Restoring a Window’s Client (in a Workgroup) this caution is given:

 

WARNING: After restoring the files, do not

restart Windows NT/2000/XP before restoring

the registry information, as described below.

Restore NT/2000/XP Registry

Restore the Windows NT/2000/XP registry with

the Registry Backup Manager (page 86). Start

the Registry Backup Manager from its shortcut

and click its Replace tab. Click the top Browse

button and specify the source folder, which you

just restored. Click the bottom Browse button

to change the destination folder; specify the restored

Windows system folder (often WINNT).

Click Replace Now to replace the current registry

with the backup.

The Windows 95/98/Me registry is restored by

Retrospect when you restore all files, so it does

not need the Registry Backup Manager.

 

The additional info on p. 86 is:

 

Starting and Automating the Registry

Backup Manager (NT/2000/XP Only)

These steps are unnecessary under Windows

95/98/Me. You should already be logged in to

the client computer with Administrator privileges.

Go to the default installation path

Program Files/Dantz/Client and double-click

RegCopy.

Enable daily, unattended saving of the registry

by clicking On and Apply. Click the Help tab for

more information.

After Installation

When the computer starts up it automatically

loads the client software. The client is now ready

to be accessed from the backup computer.

 

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I asked the wrong question. It should be:

"In particular, how do I access RegCopy? In the temp new System, the new Windows Retrospect Client (v.6) has no "RegCopy" I can find, nor can I find any way to access any "RegCopy" from the main Retrospect program (v. 5.0.236) resident on my G4 running 10.2.4."

 

Help! Thanks!

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