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Number   :  10821
Date     :  2005-03-18
Author   :  des4212001
Subject  :  Re: How does xxclone copy the registry?
Size(KB) :  2



--- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "John Zeman"  wrote:
> 
> --- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "Garry Deane"  
wrote:
> > 
> > --- In xxcopy@yahoogroups.com, "des4212001"  wrote:
> > > 
> > > Does it shutdown Windows first & copy the files?
> > > 
> > > I'm reasonbly sure ERUNT writes out memory which at least
> > > gets 99.9%. (There are some minor settings pieces not captured
> > > this way.) Volume Shadow Copy Service can copy the files with
> > > Win32 running (if you've got the time to wait) but this is
> > > insufficient as any app data changes aren't in the files until
> > > Windows shuts down.
> > > 
> > > I may be ignoring the best way to do it!?
> > > 
> > > Thanks: DES
> > 
> > This from a google search:
> > 
> > "ERUNT uses the Windows API function RegSaveKey (or RegSaveKeyEx
> > on Windows XP and Server 2003) to stream the registry data out
> > into a new file. So it is not a direct "file copy". REGBACK and
> > REGREST tools from the Windows Resource Kit use the same method."
> > 
> > I'm pretty sure that xxclone uses the same technique but also
> > has a few fail safe techniques if there's a problem. One of
> > these is the triple boot method but I don't think that there's
> > been any reports of xxcopy needing to resort to this in recent
> > times.
> > 
> > I wouldn't worry too much about the fact that ERUNT/Xxclone/
> > Shadow Copy etc don't have the "latest" data. The registry is
> > updated constantly. If you're concerned that a program may
> > not have written data to the registry when you do a clone,
> > shut down the application in question before doing the clone.
> > 
> > Garry
> > 
> > 
> > Garry
> 
> 
> 
> I do not know if he's changed the way he processes the registry, 
but recently the author of ERUNT released a new version of the 
program that is capable of auto backing up the registry once a day 
upon boot up. It also deletes previous registry backups when they 
reach a certain age that's defined by the user.
> 
> http://www.larshederer.homepage.t-online.de/erunt/
> 
> John

That's so fast now it's scary! And the .ini solves my complaint 
about using a location other than the previous default. Getting 
better all the time.

That SyncBack has a forced registry write coming in V4 that will 
allow VSS to capture everything currently available in memory at 
least, same as ERUNT. S L O W relatively speaking, but at least 
includable with out seperate opertions.

Thanks: DES



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