John John said:
The ONLY way that (at least the older) Backup Executive can do
a FULL restore is to do a BARE METAL restore. You CANNOT take
a failed NT system and install a minimal NT then tell Backup
Executive to then restore the old installation atop the new
one. IT CAN'T BE DONE! You CAN'T tell Backup Executive to
fully restore a failed NT system from a parallel installation,
IT CAN'T BE DONE! The only way that Backup Executive can do a
full restoration is via the BARE METAL process and YOU NEED THE
FULL SET OF EMERGENCY STARTUP DISKETTES that you create with
the program in order to do the restore. I know, been there,
done that! This has to do with SID's and the Security
Database, WITHOUT THE EMERGENCY DISKETTES you are up the creek!
I called Veritas for assistance with this very problem 3 or 4
years ago and I was told that I had to reinstall Windows and
start anew. I could restore data files but I COULD NOT restore
profiles, SID's, Windows Registry and so on. As for NTbackup,
I don't know because I have never used it, but being that it is
a baby brother to Backup Executive I have my doubts as to what
it can do in a catastrophic situation.
John
Actually, w/r to encrypted files/folders and some rather esoteric
areas, you are correct; you better have the disc sets.
Fortunately, very few home users will be using those, and even
few business users unless they have a full IT department, in
which the codes are regenerated each time prior to the restore
operation.
However, as long as the System State and shadow copying is
used, nearly everything, including the Registry and all keys,
will be replaced. Softwares et al will be restored and will be
quite functional.
Pop