Command Line NTBACKUP /B Omits Registry Files

• Microsoft Windows NT operating system version 3.1
• Microsoft Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1

SYMPTOMS

When you run NTBACKUP from a command line, setting the parameter /B (backup the registry) fails to properly back up the registry. The command excutes and properly backs up the files in the path specified, but the registry files WILL NOT be backed up.

Using the Administrative Tools Backup program correctly backs up the registry files.

WORKAROUND

To work around this problem, do one the following:

• Back up the registry files interactively by selecting the Backup Local Registry option in the Administrative Tools Backup program.

• Use the Windows NT Resource Kit utility REGBACK from the command line or in batch files.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT and Windows NT Advanced Server version 3.1. We are researching this problem and will post new information here in the Microsoft Knowledge Base as it becomes available.