I just recently made some configuration changes to my system but BACKED-UP the registry before doing so. I BOTH exported the registry from REGEDIT AND copied the system.dat, user.dat, classes.dat. win.ini and sys.ini files to a backup directory.

The changes I made froze the system completely, so I wanted to get back to my previous registry. However, when I "IMPORT" the registry from REGEDIT, it actually does a "MERGE" and not a complete rewrite, so any keys ADDED since the last export are NOT deleted. This did not work for me since there must have been keys added.

I then tried to copy over the system.dat, user.dat and classes.dat files to the Windows directory - overwriting the old file completely. This, however, gave me an error message saying that there was an inconsistant registry structure and thus corrupted the registry.

So neither of these methods worked. The "backup" registry that is autocreated is also based on the "new" configuration that doesn't work, so I can't revert back to that. I also had SYSTEM RESTORE turned OFF (Duh!!) so I can't use that either.

So....How the heck do I get back my old registry if I have a good export AS WELL AS good copies of the .dat file? Nothing seems to work!!

Any help would be GREATLY appreciated!!

Tony