rsamora
9 years agoLevel 5
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 ...
- 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"