Re: Backing up protected system files

Hi

Thta is kinda strange, on my win 10 workstation, i get these files from 
cmd-window with quiet a lot of info in some of them

     Directory: C:\WINDOWS\system32\config


Mode                 LastWriteTime         Length Name
----                 -------------         ------ ----
d-----        10/29/2021   2:39 AM Journal
d-----        10/29/2021   2:39 AM RegBack
d-----        10/29/2021   2:39 AM systemprofile
d-----        10/28/2021   4:47 PM TxR
-a----        11/24/2025   7:40 AM        2621440 BBI
-a----        10/29/2021   2:46 AM          28672 BCD-Template
-a----        11/23/2025   4:02 PM       31457280 COMPONENTS
-a----        11/24/2025   7:40 AM         786432 DEFAULT
-a----        11/25/2025   4:54 AM       10563584 DRIVERS
-a----        10/28/2021   5:00 PM          32768 ELAM
-a----        11/26/2025   8:39 AM            128 netlogon.ftl
-a----        11/24/2025   7:40 AM          65536 SAM
-a----        11/24/2025   7:40 AM          65536 SECURITY
-a----        11/24/2025   7:40 AM      110362624 SOFTWARE
-a----        11/24/2025   7:40 AM       23592960 SYSTEM
-a----        10/29/2021   2:42 AM           8192 userdiff

nothing in regback still, but with the "Hide protected system files 
..."option unchecked in explorer, i get about 46 files in the config 
directory

And none of these files show up on a bacula backup of the config-folder, 
just the empty flders tree structure

Sincerely /Mehrdad


On 2025-11-25 13:42, Arno Lehmann via Bacula-users wrote:
> Hi Mehrdad,
>
> Am 25.11.2025 um 12:50 schrieb Mehrdad Ravanbod:
>> Hi
>>
>> Thanks for your reponse, appreiate it, I'll try your suggestion and 
>> see what can be done
>>
>> When it comes to that config dir, there is a lot more files there, 
>> but they are hidden,
>
> Well, I actuall did check the Regback directory. Not using Explorer 
> and some settings but just a plain attrib command in a cmd window:
>
> C:\Windows\System32\config>attrib BBI.*
> A                    C:\Windows\System32\config\BBI
> A  SH                C:\Windows\System32\config\BBI.LOG1
> A  SH                C:\Windows\System32\config\BBI.LOG2
>
> C:\Windows\System32\config>cd RegBack
>
> C:\Windows\System32\config\RegBack>attrib
> Datei C:\Windows\System32\config\RegBack\*.* nicht gefunden
>
> so I would claim that, on my system, there's really nothing in the 
> directory I would consider a prime candidate to contain 
> registry-related backup data.
>
>> u need to deactivate the "Hid protected system files .." or some such 
>> option under View->options
>
> I think text user interfaces are much more useful when discussing and 
> reproducing problems, actually ;-)
>
> But I *do* miss the option to
>
> C:\Windows\System32\config\RegBack>LANG=C attrib
> Der Befehl "LANG" ist entweder falsch geschrieben oder
> konnte nicht gefunden werden.
>
> on Windows :-)
>
> Cheers,
>
> Arno
>
>> Sincerely /Mehrdad

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Mehrdad Ravanbod
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