When using the built in backup utility in Windows, you can cause it to be created by backing up the "system state", which will force a new copy of the SAM in %SYSTEM_ROOT%/Repair.
________________________________ From: Ryan Dewhurst <[email protected]> To: PaulDotCom Security Weekly Mailing List <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, February 24, 2011 8:45:01 AM Subject: Re: [Pauldotcom] creating the SAM repair file I believe it gets created after a system restore has been done but I'm not 100% sure. On Thu, Feb 24, 2011 at 3:14 PM, Robin Wood <[email protected]> wrote: This may be a daft question but what generates, or causes to be >generated, the Windows repair files which includes the SAM file? > >I'm wondering because I've been on a couple of jobs where the file has >been missing and I'm wondering if there is anything I could do to >force the system to generate it so I can steal it and get cracking. > >Robin >_______________________________________________ >Pauldotcom mailing list >[email protected] >http://mail.pauldotcom.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pauldotcom >Main Web Site: http://pauldotcom.com >
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