Windows 10: System restore failed while copying, restoring, mounting Registry

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The Registry is an essential part of the Windows operating system. It’s a database used for storing values, configuration, and paths that Windows and Applications require. Like all others, users can restore the registry when needed. However, if you receive an error that says System restore failed while restoring, copying, or mounting the registry, then […]

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How to restore registry values?

Hello,

Thank you for posting your query on Microsoft Community.

You can perform system restore and check if it helps:

Perform System restore.

I suggest you to perform system restore and select a date prior to the changes which was done with the registry values and check if the issue gets fixed.

To perform System restore:

• Press Windows key + X, select
  System.
• In the left pane, click on System Protection.
• Select the option to system restore
  > next. It will show all restore points already created.
• Select the date prior to the date on which you have made the registry changes.

Registry disclaimer

To do so: Important this section, method, or task contains steps that tell you how to modify the registry. However, serious problems might occur if you modify the registry incorrectly. Therefore, make sure that you follow these
steps carefully. For added protection, back up the registry before you modify it. Then, you can restore the registry if a problem occurs. For more information about how to back up and restore the registry, click the following article number to view the article
in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

322756 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/322756/ )

How to back up and restore the registry in Windows



Try the above step and let us know the status of the issue. We will be glad to assist you further.

Thank you.

 

system restore, no cd

Mussels did not fail, those two are answers are very common with what you are describing. You can try to go back to a system restore point located in the help folder in control panel. Have you created any recent restore points?

 

How do I disable system restore?

Quote:
Originally Posted by keakar
all system restore is a backup copy of your hard drive

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

System Restore is a component of Microsoft's Windows Me, Windows XP and Windows Vista operating systems that allows for the rolling back of system files, registry keys, installed programs, etc., to a previous state in the event of a failure.

so how is that not a back up copy of the system? it is a program that uses backed up data to restore files.

i was giving a generalized simple explanation of what it did, i was not trying to be technical about it. *Stick Out Tongue