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KeysNotToRestore

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Applies To: Windows Server 2003, Windows Server 2003 R2, Windows Server 2003 with SP1, Windows Server 2003 with SP2

HKLM\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore

Description

The KeysNotToRestore subkey specifies the names of those registry subkeys and entries that Backup will not restore.

Each of the entries has the following format:

Entry name Data type Value

component

REG_MULTI_SZ

registry path [registry path]

The paths are relative from HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM and can take one of three forms:

  • A path ending with "\" indicates that neither the subkey nor any of its subkeys or entries will be restored from the backup. Instead, the current values will be preserved.

  • A path ending with "\*" indicates that neither the subkey nor any of its subkeys and entries will be restored from the backup, but new entries will be merged from the backup.

  • A path ending with an entry name indicates that the entry will not be restored from the backup.

Entry Default Value

Active Directory Restore

CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Restore In Progress\ CurrentControlSet\Services\NTDS\Parameters\New Database GUID

Fault Tolerance

Disk\

Installed Services

CurrentControlSet\Services\*

LDM Boot Information

CurrentControlSet\Control\Services\dmio\boot info\

Mount Manager

MountedDevices\

Pending Rename Operations

CurrentControlset\Control\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations

Plug & Play

CurrentControlSet\Session Manager\PendingFileRenameOperations

Session Manager

CurrentControlSet\Control\SessionManager\AllowProtectedRename

Windows Setup

Setup\SystemPartition

Caution

  • Do not change the values of the entries in this subkey. Altering these values can prevent Backup from successfully backing up or restoring data.