Re: Backups of Private Folder?

From: Kent W. England [MVP] (kwe_at_mvps.org)
Date: 10/24/03 

Date: Thu, 23 Oct 2003 20:28:57 -0700

Let's say you have to reformat and reinstall XP. You recreate your
account, but it will have a different SID than your old one. You try to
copy your old backup, but get access denied.

You have to "take ownership" of "foreign" files to get rid of unknown
SIDs from prior installs. Once you take ownership, it's easy to
manipulate the files as before. Read about taking ownership in Help and
Support. 

-- 
Kent W. England, Microsoft MVP for Windows
"Diggy" <jamesOU812@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:eHhYGwVmDHA.2216@TK2MSFTNGP12.phx.gbl...
> I have two different backup routines.  The main routine uses Handy
Backup to
> back up my entire My Documents folder, as well as my OE databoxes and
> Outlook files and Favorites folder and also my Start Menu.
>
> For the other routine I just manually copy a folder called Thesis to a
CD.
> The Thesis folder is originally located in My Documents.  I was
wondering if
> copying this folder by itself would make it inaccessible later if I
had to
> copy it back to a completely different user account, because as it
stands
> now, only my current user account can access this Thesis folder
because it
> has inherited some access rights from My Documents.
>
> I'm not trying to preserve my settings or anything else from my
account.
>
>
>
> "Roger Abell" <mvpNOSpam@asu.edu> wrote in message
> news:%23skNinUmDHA.2140@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> > How are you making the backups ?
> > If you have a copy of your account's My Documents
> > then you will be able to recover your data files from
> > a simple copy.  However, in order to recover the
> > whole account you need to be able to recover the
> > whole system.  For this you need to make full backup
> > including the System State (assuming you use NTbackup)
> >
> > -- 
> > Roger Abell
> > Microsoft MVP (Windows Server System: Security)
> > MCSE (W2k3,W2k,Nt4)  MCDBA
> > "Diggy" <jamesOU812@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> > news:%23YTL9KTmDHA.964@TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl...
> > > I have Xp Home, and I have My Documents marked as "make this
folder
> > > private".  If I have a catastrophic computer failure and have to
> reformat
> > > the hard drive, will there be any difficulties with restoring the
> backups
> > > from My Documents that I have made to CD?  Is there anything
special I
> > need
> > > to do, like back up some other registry key for future
restorations?
> > >
> > > I'd hate to find out at the wrong moment that all my backups are
> > worthless.
> > > It just occired to me that this could maybe be an issue . .
> > >
> > > Making a folder provate doesn't actually encrypt it, right?  If I
ecrypt
> a
> > > file THEN I have to backup the personal keys, right?
> > >
> >
> >
>

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