The Windows Registry is the  primary   control center for the Windows OS. It holds data and key values that instruct all the programs and applications on how to function correctly. When something breaks or fails in the Registry, your computer can crash badly. The Registry should not be tampered with, unless you know exactly what you are doing. There are many Registry tweaks available, but be careful when applying any edit that you are not sure of.

If you plan to use a Registry cleaner, or if you ever intend to manually edit the Registry, you should always keep a backup on hand. With a copy of the Registry, you can have a little more confidence in case anything bad happens. Backing up the registry is useful in the event of registry corruption, Spyware, Adware or viruses. Below is a quick guide on how to backup the Registry in Vista and Windows 7.

Once you have a copy of your Windows Registry, then you can always roll back to the backed up version, in case anything ever goes wrong. We recommend that you be careful before doing any manual edits to the registry. Small edits can cause complete failure. We don’t really advise anyone to perform any edits to the Registry unless you really know what you are doing. The Registry is very powerful and it is better left to the professionals. If you do intend to repair the Registry, leave it to quality Registry repair software such as RegCure or CCleaner. You can read a full RegCure review for more details.

Quick steps to backing up the Windows Registry:

• Start the Registry editor, type “regedit” in the quick search box
• Click File -> Export
• Give the file a name (eg: reg_backup)
• Change export range to all
• The entire backup should take a few seconds
• Done!

You now have a copy of the Windows Registry. We recommend that you keep a copy on external storage too. So if anything ever goes wrong on your main hard drive, you will have a copy that you can easily access. Your Registry backup won’t be very large, so it is easy to store on disk or flash drive.

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