Guest Ivan Posted August 15, 2007 Posted August 15, 2007 We recently ran ntbackup on a Windows 2003 x64 server, and backed up the (system) C: drive and systemstate. Then we used ntbackup to restore this data onto an external drive (F:) with the intent of using it as a boot device replacement for our C: drive. (Yes we know other changes would be needed to F: before attempting this.) However, when we checked the restored data on the second drive, registry files in F:\WINDOWS\system32\config were missing. Also, when starting the restore, we receive the warning message: "Not all system state data will be restored when re-directed to an alternate location. This is an advanced restore option which may aid in recovering specific damaged system files." As a result, we are unable to restore our backup to an alternate location. Does anyone have insight into why this occurs? The message above suggests there is an alternate restore technique that we could use that would restore all of the system state data to an alternate location. What is the right way to do this? -- Ivan
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