FFS and recent Win file systems

[wm-sf]

As a person fairly new to the detail of recent Win file systems but very familiar with actual file systems I was wondering what other people choose to back up / sync and not back up and so on.

I'm exploring things from a Win 8.1 POV but I think Win OS's from Vista onwards are all similarly affected to some extent.

To begin with it seems to me the FFS default Filter / Exclude of

\System Volume Information\
\$Recycle.Bin\
\RECYCLER\
\RECYCLED\
*\desktop.ini
*\thumbs.db

is many years out of date. Think about all those ntuser.* files, there hasn't been any point in syncing them for over a decade.

I'm pretty sure I don't want all of the top level virtual Documents and Settings but I am damn sure I want some of it, ditto I specifically want some bits and pieces regarding Metro / Modern apps backed up.

This isn't a FFS specific issue, I am wondering how other people using FFS have dealt with it so far.

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Wm

[mikeclueby4]

"all those ntuser files" is the user and system registry database. If I'm backing up my user directory from the root, I for one want that backed up. You should either exclude them yourself if you don't want them, or enable backing-up of locked files in the settings.

[wm-sf]

"all those ntuser files" is the user and system registry database. If I'm backing up my user directory from the root, I for one want that backed up. You should either exclude them yourself if you don't want them, or enable backing-up of locked files in the settings.

have you thought about their value in a restore ?

[wm-sf]

"all those ntuser files" is the user and system registry database. If I'm backing up my user directory from the root, I for one want that backed up. You should either exclude them yourself if you don't want them, or enable backing-up of locked files in the settings.

do you want to talk more crap? like thumbs are compulsory to maintain state? you seem like a young person to me, no offence, just young and inexperienced