The default settings for the built-in backup tools with SBS 2003 include a System State backup every time the backup process runs. The System State backup collects not only the files in the Windows system directories, but it also backs up the registry and the Active Directory database.
Jeff Middleton’s disaster recovery presentation at SMB Nation Amsterdam from last week makes a few references to the system state backup and how it can be used to get back from a real jam. But I was reminded this morning of another very important reason why system state backups are important.
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