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Registry Backup Beta
Tomas_Sweden:
--- Quote ---You will notice that I save the reg files with the full folder path on the system. This way recovery is as easy as a copy and paste.
First thing to do is to boot up into anything that gives you access to the drive and a copy and paste feature. A Ubuntu live cd will be one way. You can run Ubuntu right off the cd. Then once up and you can access the drive you just go to the backup folder. Under the backup folder you go to the "c" folder (In this case it is "C" because in this example that's the drive windows is on).
In that folder you will see the Windows folder and the profiles folder. All you have to do is copy both those folders.
Go to the root of your drive and paste and hit yes to overwriting. Done :-)
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Ok I see! I have been using "Parted Magic" on a usb flash drive, so I just have to use the file manager to copy and paste "user" and "windows" folders. Never thought it was so easy. :smiley:
Tomas
Shane:
Yeah that's why I made it save the folder path. I had this in mind :-)
I just have to make a video and help guide on how to do it for normal users.
I have a lot of small things that I have done in the program with my fellow techs in mind. I will make sure to cover all of those :-)
Shane
Shane:
Ok Ztruker.
Lets see if the new version will shine more light on why the B: isn't being mapped at times.
v0.9.6
Log_Vss.txt now gets stored with the backup like the other log files.
Improved Vss logs to find out why a snap shot doesn't get created or mapped.
More code tweaks to the main program.
I made multiple changes to the code and put even in more logging :-)
Shane
Ztruker:
Same failure with 0.9.,67. Log_Backup.txt same. Here is the new Log_VSS.txt:
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Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
E:\sources\Registry Tools\Registry Backup - tweaking.com>
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[5/21/2012 - 9:58:25 PM]
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CD /D C:\
C:\>
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"C:\Windows\temp\vss_start.bat"
C:\>set path=C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files (x86)\Tweaking.com\Registry Backup\files\files
C:\>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Tweaking.com\Registry Backup\files\vss_7_64.exe" -script="C:\Windows\temp\vss-setvar.cmd" -exec="C:\Windows\temp\vss.bat" C:
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[5/21/2012 - 9:59:21 PM]
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C:\>set path=C:\Windows\system32;C:\Windows;C:\Windows\System32\Wbem;C:\Program Files (x86)\Tweaking.com\Registry Backup\files\files
C:\>call "C:\Windows\temp\vss-setvar.cmd"
[This script is generated by VSHADOW.EXE for the shadow set {719da51b-c324-4f91-a3f3-821449617018}]
C:\>SET SHADOW_SET_ID={719da51b-c324-4f91-a3f3-821449617018}
C:\>SET SHADOW_ID_1={c538846b-31f6-4e96-8f3a-a78c3400bd67}
C:\>SET SHADOW_DEVICE_1=\\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1
C:\>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Tweaking.com\Registry Backup\files\dosdev.exe" B: \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1
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Current definition: B: = \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1
C:\>start "" /wait "C:\Program Files (x86)\Tweaking.com\Registry Backup\files\vss_pause.exe"
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C:\>"C:\Program Files (x86)\Tweaking.com\Registry Backup\files\dosdev.exe" -r -d B:
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Current definition: B: = \??\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy1
B: deleted.
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[5/21/2012 - 9:59:35 PM]
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VSHADOW.EXE 3.0 - Volume Shadow Copy sample client.
Copyright (C) 2005 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
(Option: Generate SETVAR script 'C:\Windows\temp\vss-setvar.cmd')
(Option: Execute binary/script after shadow creation 'C:\Windows\temp\vss.bat')
(Option: Create shadow copy set)
(Gathering writer metadata...)
(Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...)
Initialize writer metadata ...
Discover directly excluded components ...
- Excluding writer 'Shadow Copy Optimization Writer' since it has no selected components for restore.
- Excluding writer 'MSSearch Service Writer' since it has no selected components for restore.
- Excluding writer 'BITS Writer' since it has no selected components for restore.
Discover components that reside outside the shadow set ...
- Component '\BCD\BCD' from writer 'ASR Writer' is excluded from backup (it requires in the shadow set)
Discover all excluded components ...
Discover excluded writers ...
- The writer 'ASR Writer' is now entirely excluded from the backup:
(the top-level non-selectable component '\BCD\BCD' is an excluded component)
Discover explicitly included components ...
Verifying explicitly specified writers/components ...
Select explicitly included components ...
* Writer 'Task Scheduler Writer':
- Add component \TasksStore
* Writer 'VSS Metadata Store Writer':
- Add component \WriterMetadataStore
* Writer 'Performance Counters Writer':
- Add component \PerformanceCounters
* Writer 'System Writer':
- Add component \System Files
* Writer 'COM+ REGDB Writer':
- Add component \COM+ REGDB
* Writer 'Registry Writer':
- Add component \Registry
* Writer 'WMI Writer':
- Add component \WMI
Creating shadow set {a097f8c6-00a8-421e-9cee-b8124b49c776} ...
- Adding volume \\?\Volume{bcbe9ee2-e6d1-11de-8e59-806e6f6e6963}\ [C:\] to the shadow set...
Preparing for backup ...
(Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...)
(Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...)
Creating the shadow (DoSnapshotSet) ...
(Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...)
(Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...)
Shadow copy set succesfully created.
List of created shadow copies:
Querying all shadow copies with the SnapshotSetID {a097f8c6-00a8-421e-9cee-b8124b49c776} ...
* SNAPSHOT ID = {7c264225-468c-440f-8e35-b1f090205238} ...
- Shadow copy Set: {a097f8c6-00a8-421e-9cee-b8124b49c776}
- Original count of shadow copies = 1
- Original Volume name: \\?\Volume{bcbe9ee2-e6d1-11de-8e59-806e6f6e6963}\ [C:\]
- Creation Time: 5/21/2012 9:59:15 PM
- Shadow copy device name: \\?\GLOBALROOT\Device\HarddiskVolumeShadowCopy6
- Originating machine: Dell-P370
- Service machine: Dell-P370
- Not Exposed
- Provider id: {b5946137-7b9f-4925-af80-51abd60b20d5}
- Attributes: Auto_Release Differential
Generating the SETVAR script (C:\Windows\temp\vss-setvar.cmd) ...
- Executing command 'C:\Windows\temp\vss.bat' ...
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- Mark all writers as succesfully backed up...
Completing the backup (BackupComplete) ...
(Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...)
(Waiting for the asynchronous operation to finish...)
Snapshot creation done.
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C:\>
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[5/21/2012 - 9:59:38 PM]
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Closed. No longer reading pipes.
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Shane:
Wait, something isnt right.
I see you have the new vss_start.exe because I can see the new log format.
But the bat commands it makes haven't changed! they still have the old code. The program is suppose to be overwriting them.
They are in C:\Windows\Temp
I have updated the vss_start.exe to delete the bat files before writing to them since for some odd reason it isnt over writing them.
Take this new vss_start.exe and overwrite the one in the files folder with the program and give it another go :-)
Shane
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