Re: scanreg.exe switch syntax ?
RJK wrote:
| Thanks PCR but, there has to be an = sign in it
| ..according to scanreg /?
|
| scanreg /backup /comment="wonderfully descriptive text string"
|
| ...I haven't tried it without but, perhaps it works without the =
You are welcome. I agree it looks like there has to be an = sign in it,
unless experimentation proves otherwise. And I hope that's the last
thing I've left out!
| regards, Richard
|
|
| "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
| news:u620uoEbIHA.4176@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
|> RJK wrote:
|> | ...did it again...
|> |
|> | scanREG ....sorry
|>
|> OK. (I'm sure I've done it myself once/twice. And Terhune has lost
|> his memory too!) Anyhow, it would be...
|>
|> ScanReg /Backup /Comment "RJK's Perfect Registry Backup"
|>
|> ..., I think, & not what I first wrote.
|>
|> | regards, Richard
|> |
|> |
|> | "PCR" <pcrrcp@netzero.net> wrote in message
|> | news:eLJz9GDbIHA.4208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
|> |> RJK wrote:
|> |> | Thanks, ...as usual - me saying one thing and meaning another !
|> |> | scandisk instead of scanreg, or t'other way around. My excuse -
|> |> | tiredness.
|> |> |
|> |> | After a very pleasant but, VERY slow "dig" around this
|> |> | particular W98se system box, and after some pretty thorough
|> |> | scans for malware that surprisingly all came up negative, and
|> |> | after uninstalling oldish Norton bloatware - and cleaning up
|> |> | after that, and other application software remains, Spinrite 6
|> |> | dealt with a damaged location on the hard disk containing a
|> |> | "Voodoo 3000? 3dfx" graphics driver," and after reinstalling
|> |> | that driver, all is well.
|> |>
|> |> Very nice. Glad to hear it.
|> |>
|> |> | I "trial and errored" with the scandisk.exe command line syntax
|> |> | for the switch /backup="text string" ...it turned out. I can
|> |> | remember from ages ago, (MSDOS 2.1 onwards
, wishing that MS
|> |> | wouldn't use so much punctuation in their external DOS command
|> |> | *.exe examples !
|> |>
|> |> Huh? Are you tired again this quick? I doubt ScanDisk has anything
|> |> like that. It is ScanReg that has it, as Phillipson was
|> |> intimating...
|> |>
|> |> C:\>ScanReg /?
|> |>
|> |> Windows Registry Checker
|> |> Usage: SCANREG [/<option>]
|> |>
|> |> <option>
|> |> ? : Displays usage.
|> |> BACKUP : Backup the registry and related system configuration
|> |> files.
|> |> RESTORE : Choose a backup to restore.
|> |> FIX : Repair the registry.
|> |> COMMENT="<comment>"
|> |> : Adds the specified comment to the CAB file while
|> |> backing up.
|> |>
|> |> So, I guess it would be...
|> |> ScanReg /Comment "RJK's Perfect Registry Backup"
|> |>
|> |> HOWEVER, registry backups (RB???.cab's in SYSBCKUP) become dated
|> |> after a while. Settings will be different & large installs or
|> |> uninstalls may become mussed by restoring an older registry. Also,
|> |> this perfect one like the others naturally will disappear (as a
|> |> new one is added) after 5 more successful boots to Windows (some
|> |> day I must check whether Safe Mode qualifies) on 5 separate days--
|> |> multiple reboots on the same day don't count.
|> |>
|> |> Though you may do as dadiOH suggests & increase the number of
|> |> backups that are kept, unfortunately ScanReg /Restore will never
|> |> offer more than the most recent 5 backups to you. Therefore,
|> |> you'd have to remove excess newer .cabs from C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP
|> |> to ensure the one you want is offered.
|> |>
|> |> | regards, Richard
|> |> |
|> |> |
|> |> | "Don Phillipson" <e925@SPAMBLOCK.ncf.ca> wrote in message
|> |> | news:O2V7CmraIHA.5900@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
|> |> |> "RJK" <notatospam@hotmail.com> wrote in message
|> |> |> news:uvWVn3oaIHA.1532@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
|> |> |>
|> |> |>> An old friend recently presented me with an "old" W98 based
|> |> |>> standalone PC !
...built 20th-May-2000 !
|> |> |>> . . .
|> |> |>> So ! before things start going backwards I'd like to scanreg
|> |> |>> /backup ...and label it. Do I have to use the quotes "???
|> |> |>> ??? ???" ....and is it possible that 98's scanreg.exe is
|> |> |>> mistakenly detecting the Maxtor Drive ovlerlay / as being a
|> |> |>> bad sector, or would that not happen ?
|> |> |>
|> |> |> Distinguish between the two utilities
|> |> |> SCANDISK tests (hard) drive) integrity, File Allocation Table
|> |> |> etc. SCANREG verifies Registry (USER.DAT and SYSTEM.DAT) at
|> |> |> reboot. SCANREG /RESTORE can also be used to load an earlier
|> |> |> date's Registry (useful in the case of a harmful change you
|> |> |> want to undo.) SCANREG.INI sets parameters for this utility,
|> |> |> including how many old Registries to save on disk. (Default
|> |> |> value = 5 by command MaxBackupCopies=5
|> |> |> but you can reset this for any number you like.)
|> |> |>
|> |> |> --
|> |> |> Don Phillipson
|> |> |> Carlsbad Springs
|> |> |> (Ottawa, Canada)
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