Where is the notice about no win2K reg backup

2000-10-28 Thread John Welch
Just checked the support section of www.dantz.com, and down loaded the docs from dantz's site...could not find one mention of the fact that the registry backup manager doesn't do diddly under win2k...so where is this information? john c welch Mac/PC Administrator MacTech Columnist MacWeek.com C

Re: still looking for feedback on restoring registry

2000-10-28 Thread John Welch
Well good. Just absolutely perfect. So, now, to really back up my win2k drives, I have to ditch my very functional Mac retro machine...and go buy a an win2k server. Because with all the betas of win 2k, you guys never bothered to update the registry backup tool. And since I just inherited *2* wi

Re: restoring windows 2000 registry?

2000-10-28 Thread Ming-Li
Hi Adam, > I am a relatively new user of Retrospect 5.15 on the Win2K > environment and simply love it. Have used Veritas and ArcServe > and both don't even come close. Dantz support as well as respect > for the Customer is just wonderful. They are one awesome company. Agreed. > As to your qu

Re: still looking for feedback on restoring registry

2000-10-28 Thread Ming-Li
Hi Eric, > My understanding is (and some of you Win 2000 folks can correct me > if I'm wrong) that the Windows 2000 registry is made up of more > data files than the registry in Win NT. That's correct. The list of file making up the registry has been expanded quite a bit. And they're locked up p

Re: still looking for feedback on restoring registry

2000-10-28 Thread Eric Ullman
My understanding is (and some of you Win 2000 folks can correct me if I'm wrong) that the Windows 2000 registry is made up of more data files than the registry in Win NT. Dantz's Registry Backup Manager is not designed to back up the Win 2000 registry hives. Retrospect 5.x _is_ able to back up (a

Re: still looking for feedback on restoring registry

2000-10-28 Thread John Welch
Wait...hold the phone...you mean that the registry backup tool is useless under Win2K? john On 10/28/00 6:15 PM, "Eric Ullman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Retrospect 4.x is not able to backup the Windows 2000 registry; only > Retrospect 5.x for Windows can. The Registry Backup Manager only fun

RE: restoring windows 2000 registry?

2000-10-28 Thread Adam Cohen
Andrew, I am a relatively new user of Retrospect 5.15 on the Win2K environment and simply love it. Have used Veritas and ArcServe and both don't even come close. Dantz support as well as respect for the Customer is just wonderful. They are one awesome company. As to your question I have to say

Re: still looking for feedback on restoring registry

2000-10-28 Thread Eric Ullman
andrew kagan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All: I posted a request for help yesterday but didn't see any activity > from the list at all. > > Can anyone tell me how to restore the Windows 2000 system registry using a > backup on retro 4.2 Mac? Hi Andrew, Retrospect 4.x is not able to backup

Re: restoring windows 2000 registry?

2000-10-28 Thread Pam Lefkowitz
>Is there a way to do restore a client's Win2K registry from Retro 4.2 Mac? >Client has 5.1.5 on it. Andrew, Is there any chance at all that you used Dantz' Registry Backup Manager? Pam -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubs

Re: still looking for feedback on restoring registry

2000-10-28 Thread andrew kagan
nah, only the corrupted version remains. I wonder if anyone has successfully restored an entire disk? I wish Dantz had a technote somewhere on this. :( - Original Message - From: "Dave Otto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "retro-talk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, October 28, 2000 2:41 PM

RE: still looking for feedback on restoring registry

2000-10-28 Thread Dave Otto
Is it a situation where you can boot using the 'last known good' configuration? If the system in question hasn't been rebooted in a corrupted state, rebooting to 'last known good' can restore registry settings. Regards, Dave Otto -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL

still looking for feedback on restoring registry

2000-10-28 Thread andrew kagan
Hi All: I posted a request for help yesterday but didn't see any activity from the list at all. Can anyone tell me how to restore the Windows 2000 system registry using a backup on retro 4.2 Mac? -- -- To subscribe:[EMAIL PROTECTED] T