Re: baclup \system32\config
From: Miha Pihler (mihap-news_at_atlantis.si)
Date: 08/05/04
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Date: Thu, 5 Aug 2004 10:03:25 +0200
Hi Maurice,
If you are running Windows 2003 you can create ASR (Automated System
Recovery) disk. You can do this by starting NTBackup -> Tools -> ASR Wizard.
Among other things it will save registry and other settings in
systemroot\Repair
If you have system state created by NTBackup you can unpack that *.bkf file
on any Windows 2000 or Windows 2003 server (depending on your version) and
extract only files that you need (e.g. software and other hives)... You can
then burn this files to CD and transfer them over to your server where you
need to recover them...
What I used to do with my servers before I patch them up was reboot --
specially on servers that were running for longer period of time. If the
server failed before I even patched it up I didn't have to guess was it the
patch fault or not...
I hope this helps,
Mike
"Maurice" <Maurice@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:8F38B744-464C-4205-8E3C-A15BADF6BB42@microsoft.com...
> Recently I had to reboot a DC after applying hotfixes. During the boot
process an error message came up stating that the file 'software' in
\system32\config was either missing or corrupted. I booted from the CD-ROM
and went to repair console and checked the contents of that directory. All
files were present but I noticed that the .sav copies were very old.
>
> Fortunately after exiting the repair console the system rebooted ok but it
was rather worrying that this should happen.
>
> Question - how do I get the system to backup these hive files (software,
security, sam etc) into the same folder with the .sav extension?
>
> NTBackup will back them up but it produces a .bkf file. What I want is to
just produce 'direct' copies as backups so I have something to recover from
in the Repair console should it be needed. You cant copy these files while
the system is up as Windows Server has them open. So can anyone please
advise on this?
>
> thanks
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