Restore

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Restoring Windows Systems

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filesystem

 

You can select a different target filesystem from the one where the

Limitations

 

backup was performed. This functionality has limitations that should be

 

 

taken into consideration. See Table 6-1.

 

 

 

 

Table 6-1

 

Windows Filesystem Restore Limitations

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TO

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FROM

FAT32

FAT16

CDFS

 

UDF

NTFS

NTFS

NTFS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.1a

3.0b

3.1c

 

 

FAT32

FC

FC

N/A

 

N/A

FC

FC

FC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FAT16

FC

FC

N/A

 

N/A

FC

FC

FC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

CDFS

FC

FC

N/A

 

N/A

FC

FC

FC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

UDF

FC

FC

N/A

 

N/A

FC

FC

FC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NTFS

*

*

N/A

 

N/A

FC

FC

FC

 

 

1.1a

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NTFS

***

***

N/A

 

N/A

**

FC

FC

 

 

3.0b

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NTFS

***

***

N/A

 

N/A

**

FC

FC

 

 

3.1c

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

How to Read This

 

a

Also called NTFS 4.0. It is used by Windows NT.

Table

 

b

Also called NTFS 5.0. It is used by Windows 2000.

 

 

 

 

c

Also called NTFS 5.1. It is used by Windows XP/Server

 

 

 

2003.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FC

Full Compatibility, meaning that the file attributes are

 

 

 

entirely preserved.

 

 

 

 

 

*

Files are restored without security information and

 

 

 

alternate data streams.

 

 

 

 

**

Reparse points, sparse files and encrypted files are not

 

 

 

restored.

 

 

 

 

 

 

***Combines * and **.

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