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Backing up the Windows Registry isn’t as important as backing up your data to include photos, music and documents, but it’s still worth the effort as restoring the Registry to a point when it was healthy could save you a lot of grief.

The Windows Registry is a database that stores settings and options for Windows operating systems. It contains information and settings for all hardware, operating system software, most nonoperating system software and per user settings.

Windows provides two methods for backing up your Registry. I’ll provide a third.

1. System Restore: Although Windows is “supposed” to automatically create a restore point every day or so, don’t trust that to happen.

To create your own restore point in XP, select Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System Restore. Select Create a restore point, click Next and follow the wizard. In Vista, click Start, right click Computer and select Properties. Click the System protection link, then the Create button.

In either Windows version, you can restore by selecting Start, All Programs, Accessories, System Tools, System Restore and follow the prompts.

Unfortunately no single restore point contains a complete backup and if one is corrupted can make all the following restore points unusable.

2. Regedit: To use Windows Registry editor to backup your Registry, click Start, Run (Start in Vista), type regedit, and press ENTER. To make a backup, select File, Export. For the “Export range,” select All and Export. This creates a .reg file.

To restore it double click it and confirm you want to change the Registry.

But Regedit also has problems. Restoring the entire Registry from this backup doesn’t always work. And even when it does, it’ll not delete new keys created since your previous backup.

My recommendation is ERUNT a free Emergency Recovery Utility for XP and now Vista.

However there’s a trick to using it to backup Vista’s Registry. Rather than double clicking the shortcut as you would with XP, right click the shortcut and select “Run as administrator”.

Each ERUNT backup consists of a dated folder containing several files. One of which is ERUNT.EXE. Click it to restore the Registry.

When used with XP, ERUNT will automatically backup your Registry daily. With Vista you must initiate the backup although a “Bit Beyond Novice” user can create a Vista ERUNT daily backup by using Task Scheduler.

I also recommend using ERUNT to back up your Registry before and after installing new software and/or making a major system upgrade.

Here’s wishing you a Good Boot.

For new business owners working hard to build and develop their business, the thought of backup are probably not high on the priority list but any backup solution is better than none. Something as simple as copying critical data to a external hard drive or memory stick once a day or even once a week.   New business owners have a lot of worries to keep them tossing and turning at night into the wee hours. One technology ‘what if’ is the loss of critical data to a server crash, virus, hard drive failure or a larger mishap such as a fire or flood.

For new business owners working hard to build and develop their business, the thought of backup are probably not high on the priority list but any backup solution is better than none. Something as simple as copying critical data to a external hard drive or memory stick once a day or even once a week.

Sure, even memory sticks fail but at least USB memory data recovery is a viable option as a simple form of data backup

Even burning files to CD or DVD and storing them in a separate location such as a managers or directors house or even just away for the computer you are backing up is better than no policy at all, but you then need to make sure that you stick to the routine.

Then there is the important job of making sure that you can recovery your data easily from your backup as there is little point in having a system in place only to find that it does not work when you need it most.

As well as the potential cost of attempted data recovery when a backup has been found to fail , there is also the intangible (until it happens) cost of lost business due to system down time, and in extreme cases total business failure if legislation required business records to be kept for any length of time, which can be years.

Generally speaking most small businesses will not think about backup solutions until it is too late and they have lost their data.

As well as back up to external media offsite storage is also an option, however this methodology can be quite time consuming as data needs to be uploaded or downloaded en-masse which is very time consuming and consumes a lot of bandwidth.

Another option which is relatively new is an automatic real time backup using the internet. This consists of a program running in the background backing up data as you are working. This means you do not have to remember to backup up at regular intervals as it does it all for you once it is set up.

Online data backup is becoming a very favorable option for savvy IT professionals and local computer repair companies.

Of course a huge benefit is that if you need to access your data when you are away from your office, even if your laptop has been stolen or you simply didn’t bring it with you, you could access your data anywhere else in the world depending on your configuration.

The most important take away from all this is of course if you don’t have a data backup solution in your business get one before it is too late, and once you have one test it to ensure it functions correctly.

Of course an effective backup policy is far less costly than the costs of a hard drive recovery and data recovery .

People already know that here at DriveSavers,  we take data security very seriously. We’re SAS 70 Type II compliant; have a Cisco self-defending network and meet the rigid standards of the Department of Defense.

Implementing these protocols ensure that customer data is never compromised. With a little effort, you too can make changes in your organization to keep private data and computers secure.

According to Symantec Corporation, “There’s no silver bullet solution that addresses every organization’s requirements to safeguard confidential data.” They recommend the following:

Create policies that govern the way confidential data is accessed, managed and transported.

Extend security policies to include business partners, vendors, outsourcers and consultants.

Raise employee awareness through education and data security training.

Educate customers about the latest encryption technologies that secure confidential data, especially for laptop users.