Miscellaneous Backup Tools

While you should create both system state backups and data backups, many functions and services provide tools for backing up their critical data, thus allowing recovery of their functions without restoring the entire computer. Some of these functions are user-oriented, such as the password reset disk and EFS import and export functions, whereas others are relevant to the user or computer, such as registry backup. Nevertheless, they may have meaning and use on servers when account profiles may be stored there or where standalone servers are used. Other backup functions are provided to assist in the recovery of network services, such as DHCP, DNS, and WINS.

Backup Critical User Functions

On a standalone server, local ...

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