"Warning: The Restore Destination Device..." Error Message During Restore

ID: Q245044

The information in this article applies to:

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

SYMPTOMS

When you are restoring a backup created with the Backup tool, you may receive the following error message:

Warning: The restore destination device does not support some file system features of the original device. Some data may not be restored as a result.

If you continue restoring, some files are skipped during the restore process.

CAUSE

This behavior can occur if files that you are attempting to restore have attributes that require the NTFS file system, but the drive to which you are restoring does not use NTFS.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this issue, make sure that the device to which you are restoring uses NTFS.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Some files, such as files that are encrypted with the Encrypting File System (EFS), can exist only on partitions that are formatted with the NTFS file system. If you attempt to restore encrypted files to a partition that does not use NTFS, you receive the error message.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q223178 Transferring Encrypted Files That Need to Be Recovered

Additional query words:

Keywords : kberrmsg kbtool
Version : WINDOWS:2000
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbprb