JSI Tip 4595. Windows XP System State backup.

In tip 2500, I explained how to backup your NTUser.dat and the computer's registry hives, using a System State backup.

NTBackup for Windows XP backs up the the computer's registry hives to the %windir%Repair folder.

NTBackup for Windows XP does NOT make a copy of your NTUser.dat to disk.

If you want to use the technique in tip 2500, in addition to the System State, you would backup Documents and Setting%UserName%, minus My Documents.

To recover the registry, you would boot the Recovery Console and copy the computer's registry hives to %Windir%System32Config.

To recover your profile, you would logon as Administrator and restore Documents and Setting%UserName% from the appropriate .bkf file.