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Jim - 23 Feb 2004 02:52 GMT

Hello,

I need to programatically backup and restore my windows XP machine. I
noticed that there is some inherent support for backup/restore in the system
tools installed by default. Does anyone know of a .NET API to
programatically perform these operations?

Thanks!

-Jim

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Rhett Gong [MSFT] - 23 Feb 2004 08:51 GMT

Hello Jim,
Based on my understanding, you would like to know if there is any
.Net APIs can be used to backup/restore the system.

If that is the problem, I believe there is no .Net API for
backup/restore system. However, you can use the SysBackup APIs
through Pinvoke to achieve your goal.

The following link is detailed information on SysBackup APIs:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-
us/fileio/base/backup_reference.asp

Hope this helps.
Rhett Gong [MSFT]
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Jim - 23 Feb 2004 15:25 GMT

Thanks!

> Hello Jim,
> Based on my understanding, you would like to know if there is any
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> Please reply to newsgroups only. Thanks.

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Yan-Hong Huang[MSFT] - 24 Feb 2004 08:12 GMT

Hi Jim,

By the way, if you are using VC++.NET, you could refer to this article:
"HOW TO: Use the System Restore API to Save and to Restore System Data in
Visual C++ .NET"
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;315530

Thanks.

Best regards,
Yanhong Huang
Microsoft Community Support

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