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rsamora
Level 5
9 years ago

Exclude Pagefile and Recycle Bin/Recycler

In an attempt to fight the ever-increasing need for backup storage, I am playing with the exclusion list.  Excluding *Recycle.bin* and *Recycler* (not sure if I needed to list *Recycler*), on a test ...
  • sdo's avatar
    9 years ago

    Windows already instructs third-party backup apps not to backup certain files, and NetBackup honours this:

    https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-gb/library/windows/desktop/bb891959(v=vs.85).aspx#filesnottobackup

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    You can view the list using:

    reg query "HKLM\System\CurrentControlSet\Control\BackupRestore\FilesNotToBackup"