System State Backups

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What the System State backup involves

BackupAssist™ gives you the ability to backup your machine's system state which is a backup of the following:

• Registry
• COM+ Class Registration database
• Boot files, including the system files
• Certificate Services database
• Active Directory directory service
• SYSVOL directory
• Cluster service information
• IIS Metadirectory
• System files that are under Windows File Protection

The exact system components that make up your computer's System State data depend on the computer's operating system and configuration.

Once the system state data has been backed up, you can use this information to restore your system settings in the event of system failure or corruption - so it is always a good idea to have a safe backup of your system state.

Figure 1: Backing up the System state with BackupAssist™