PC Knowledge Base - Windows 2000 Server Backing up System State
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The registry, a hierarchical, structured database of information about a computer's configuration.
The COM+ class registration database, which stores information used by Component Services and COM+ applications.
Startup files (necessary for starting the computer) and system files (necessary for running the operating system).
If the server is a certificate server, the Certificate Services database.
If the server is a domain controller, the Sysvol folder and the database of information used by Active Directory. (For more information about domain controllers, see "Safeguarding and Restoring a Domain Controller" later in this appendix.)
In addition, when you back up the System State, a copy of the registry is placed on the local system partition in a subfolder under systemroot\Repair. If you copy registry files from this subfolder (for example, when using the Recovery Console to repair the registry), copy them to systemroot\system32\config. After you do this, the registry will contain the information it had when the system state was last backed up. Changes made after that time will be lost.
