subject: Data Backup And Recovery From Corrupt Outlook Registry [print this page] When you get errors like Operation failed due to a failed registry installation. Please restart Outlook and try again. If problem persists reinstall Outlook, you have every reason to worry about your numerous e-mails, contacts, messages, profiles and the various other settings that is so critical to your business or personal life. When Outlook fails to open, you have no choice left but to reinstall Outlook. Before reinstalling the software you need to ensure that you have a backup of all your data. There are two ways to go about this- either by using a system utility or by using the inbuilt system tools.
Data backup from failed Outlook
Though, reinstalling the software can lead to wiping off your old data, you can still go about it by using smart email backup that helps you make a copy of your data from Outlook, even when you are not able to access Outlook. Smart email backup can copy your entire data from Outlook, and lets you access the backup after you reinstall Outlook. The added convenience of using Smart email backup is that it can be used with ease by novices as well as tech savvy users. The utility is very handy to take periodic backups as well as in restoring data when you are faced with a crisis situation like registry corruption.
Data backup using Outlook utility
The other option to make a copy of your data in Outlook is by using the inbuilt system tool in Outlook. More information and detailed instruction on using Outlook backup utility is available on Microsoft website. Though, this is a very cost effective option (you dont need to shell out money), many users find it very technical and difficult to follow.
Correcting registry corruption in Outlook
The only way to deal with registry corruption in Outlook is by reinstalling the software. Before reinstalling, backup your data using a backup utility or by using the inbuilt outlook backup. Reinstall the software. After reinstalling Outlook, you can access old data from the backup you have created. If the corruption is limited only to the Outlook registry, data backup and reinstalling will bring your Outlook back to life with all your e-mails, contacts, notes, messages, journal entries, appointments and various settings such as those for send/receive messages, profiles etc intact.
However, a backup cannot assure you of quality data, since the backup will copy the data as it is. This means that if the corruption is not limited to registry alone, but to profiles and .pst files, the backup created will have corrupt data. This backup will be of no use to you unless you repair it. In such cases you need to use specialized Outlook mail recovery software that can repair corrupt .pst files and recover data from these files.
