Remote ntbackup & system state question

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Microsoft's solution is to create a share, and back up the share. That wouldn't be a big deal if I wanted to back up files, but I want to backup the system state. Is there any know workaround to this? I was trying to use psexec to get it to run on a remote machine, but with no luck.


I suppose I could create a share and copy over their registry...but I would rather have the other files included in the system state as well. Of course, with a system state backup, you can't just restore the registry without formatting and running ntbackup, can you? Or if the system blue screen's at boot, can you go to the repair console and restore the system state?

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Well usually when MS says it can't be done, there is still a way. I haven't had the pleasure of working with today's backup software from the big players such as seagate, but don't those have an option to backup system state data remotely?

I suppose I could create a share and copy over their registry...but I would rather have the other files included in the system state as well. Of course, with a system state backup, you can't just restore the registry without formatting and running ntbackup, can you? Or if the system blue screen's at boot, can you go to the repair console and restore the system state?

You'll need to use a backup tool nevertheless, just to keep the permissions of the registry and contents. But if you backup the registry and the boot files, and you don't need the last 2 of the following list than, I think, you should be able to restore or repair the computer... only one way to find out

You haven't mentioned the OS or edition (pro or server?) but on Windows XP the system state data only includes:
• The Boot files
• The registry
• The COM+ class registration database
• files under Windows File Protection