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by bshapess

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I have a WinNT 4 SP6 PDC. I would like to backup the user database. Where is it located. The backup software is Backup exec 8.6.

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by joseph moore

The SAM database (the file that contains the user and group membership info) is in C:\WINNT\System32\config

by jde_smedt

You can make a backup copy of the registry with the rdisk command. However, the sam and security registry settings should be backed up with rdisk /s. You will find the backed up files in \winnt\repair. They are freely accessible by any backup software

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