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Hello Matt - 

WC>>> I'll look for additional hidden files but I have copied
WC>>> the registry.dat 

CA>> Would be best to ask about this in the W95 echo because I
CA>> skipped past W9x to W2K from W31 and am not doing backups
CA>> of the registry using regedit on a regular basis. I have
CA>> seven registry files with W2K and must use third-party
CA>> software to make backups of the seven files required. 

CA>> For W9x I think the two hidden files are 'system' and
CA>> 'user' but am not sure about this. You can set Explorer
CA>> (the W9x filenmanager) to show hidden files then do a
CA>> search using Explorer rather than try to do all of this
CA>> from the command line where LFNs can get in the way. 

MM> You are correct. The 'active registry' consists of the
MM> Hidden Read-Only files SYSTEM.DAT and USER.DAT located in
MM> "C:\WINDOWS". 

MM> 

MM> Five other files often VERY handy to keep spares of are the
MM> Registry Backup files located in the Hidden directory
MM> "C:\WINDOWS\SYSBCKUP". Those are rb000.cab, rb001.cab,
MM> rb002.cab, rb003.cab and rb004.cab. 

Are you certain this is true for all W9x? What I remember is
two copies for W9x and possibly more for WinME's 'goback'
option. 

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