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by pdwyer

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I have run out of the 4GB of C partiton (only 2 mg of space left) and to reallocate 10 GB of unallocted drive space to the C partition. I am trying to preform a system state back up using the NTBackup so I can then boot from the CD and delete the partition, reinstall, and then restore the system state and C drive but I am receiving the following error:

Error: You do not have permission to access portions of System State\Registry\software.
Please see the owner or administrator to get permission.
Warning: Unable to open the file \Registry\software - skipped.
Backup completed on 4/26/2005 at 11:41 AM.
Directories: 196
Files: 2209
Skipped: 1
Bytes: 318,626,496
Time: 1 minute and 10 seconds

This file is not being copied and Microsoft says that until I get this file to backup, my backup is no good. I have changed the permissions on the ht_key files for software. I am very stumped on my next plan of attatck.

Any suggestons

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by blackcurrant

Hi

You should log in as Administrator or have admin rights to do this. Also, the account you are using will require the following group rights:

Administrators
Backup Operator
Domain Admin

We have no problem backing up the System State when logged with the default Administrator account on a Win2k server.

Good luck

by teresa

This did not work for me. Have you ever seen this problem and determined it was due to certain software being installed and running on the server that shouldn't be? I am thinking it may have changed the permissions in the registry? Does anyone have a solution, if this is the case?

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