Files and Folders Not Backed Up Using the Ntbackup.exe Tool

ID: Q233427

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional

IMPORTANT: This article contains information about editing the registry. Before you edit the registry, make sure you understand how to restore it if a problem occurs. For information about how to do this, view the "Restoring the Registry" Help topic in Regedit.exe or the "Restoring a Registry Key" Help topic in Regedt32.exe.

SUMMARY

This article lists the files and folders that the Ntbackup.exe tool does not include in the backup and restore process.

MORE INFORMATION

Windows 2000 maintains a list of files and folders that are excluded when you backup and restore files using the Ntbackup.exe tool and other Windows 2000 compatible backup programs.

Windows 2000 stores this information in the following registry keys:

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\FilesNotToBackup

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\KeysNotToRestore

The default values and value data for the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\FilesNotToBackup registry key is listed in the following table.

Value Value Data

Client Side Cache %SystemRoot%\csc\* /s

ComPlus %SystemRoot%\Registration\*.crmlog /s

Internet Explorer %UserProfile%\index.dat /s

Memory Page File \Pagefile.sys

MS Distributed Transaction %SYSTEMROOT%\System32\DTCLog\MSDTC.LOG

NtFrs %systemroot%\ntfrs\jet\* /s
%SystemRoot%\debug\NtFrs*
%systemroot%\sysvol\domain\DO_NOT_REMOVE_NtFrs_PreInstall_Directory\* /s
%systemroot%\sysvol\domain\NtFrs_PreExisting___See_EventLog\* /s
%systemroot%\sysvol\staging\domain\NTFRS_*

Power Management \hiberfil.sys

Temporary Files %TEMP%\* /s

The default values and value data for the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\KeysNotToRestore registry key are listed in the following table.

Value Value Data

Active Directory Restore CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Restore In Progress\
CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Parameters\New Database GUID

Fault Tolerance Disk\

Installed Services CurrentControlSet\Services\*

LDM Boot Information CurrentControlSet\Services\dmio\boot info\

Mount Manager MountedDevices\

Pending Rename Operations CurrentControlSet\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations

Plug and Play CurrentControlSet\Enum\
CurrentControlSet\Control\CriticalDeviceDatabase\

Session Manager CurrentControlSet\Control\Session

Windows Setup Setup\SystemPartition

Additional query words:

Keywords : kbtool mwbackup
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo