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Export the SAM Databse-NT4.0

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by drlewis

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I need to Export the SAM database on an NT 4.0 server to a network drive on the same server.

This LAN has only the 1 server,No Tape drive, no WAN connections and about 5 NT workstations.One of the workstations has a CD Burner

Using the existing hardware & without having to purchase a tape drive I need to set it up so that the SAM database is exported automatically on a daily basis to a network share on the server.Then for backup purposes a user will burn the exported SAM database with anyother data that is created on the day to a CD Rom

Can someone please help asap
Thanks

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by rabbit_runner

If you run the utility "RDISK", this creates a copy of the SAM database and other files. The information is placed in the c:\winnt\repair folder. From there, you can copy the files to a network folder and backup with tape, or cd burner. The drawback to this, is that you will need to manually run the RDISK utility. I have never run it from a batch file, maybe someone else knows if this is possible. But once the RDISK is run, you can use a batch file to copy the files to the network location of your choice.

Hope this helps

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