Microsoft Corporation Staff, IT Professional Staff - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server Operations Guide

Backing up system state data, files, and other data on your system is an important aspect of planning a reliable configuration. If you do not back up your data, you might not be able to recover important information or settings when problems occur. Microsoft® Windows® 2000 provides a backup utility that you can use to make sure that up-to-date copies of your data can be readily restored.

In This Chapter

Overview of Backups

Establishing a Backup Plan

Backing Up System State Data

Using Backup

Backing Up Windows 2000 Services and NTFS Features

Related Information in the Resource Kit

• For more information about planning considerations, see "Planning a Reliable Configuration" in this book.
• For more information about restoring from backups, see "Repair, Recovery, and Restore" in this book.
• For more information about data storage options, see "Data Storage and Management" in this book.

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