\All Users\application data\microsoft\windows\ntbackup\catalogs51 is the
repository of catalogs created by running NTBackup.

One of my clients has about 1.5 GB of catalogs in this folder dating from
2006, 2007, and 2008, through today, and all but the last five have no
corresponding backup data file (.bkf), because the files have been deleted.

Before I go and delete these, is there any reason why I should retain them?

Thanks in advance,

Jim

Jim <nobody@nospam.edu> wrote:
> \All Users\application data\microsoft\windows\ntbackup\catalogs51 is
> the repository of catalogs created by running NTBackup.
>
> One of my clients has about 1.5 GB of catalogs in this folder dating
> from 2006, 2007, and 2008, through today, and all but the last five
> have no corresponding backup data file (.bkf), because the files have
> been deleted.
> Before I go and delete these, is there any reason why I should retain
> them?
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Jim

I would just kill them. You can always re-catalog from a backup file or tape
if you need to - but if the backup media itself is gone, the catalog files
do you no good whatsoever. I tend to keep about a week's worth only.

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> Jim <nobody@nospam.edu> wrote:
>> \All Users\application data\microsoft\windows\ntbackup\catalogs51 is
>> the repository of catalogs created by running NTBackup.
>>
>> One of my clients has about 1.5 GB of catalogs in this folder dating
>> from 2006, 2007, and 2008, through today, and all but the last five
>> have no corresponding backup data file (.bkf), because the files have
>> been deleted.
>> Before I go and delete these, is there any reason why I should retain
>> them?
>> Thanks in advance,
>>
>> Jim
>
> I would just kill them. You can always re-catalog from a backup file or
> tape if you need to - but if the backup media itself is gone, the catalog
> files do you no good whatsoever. I tend to keep about a week's worth only.


Thanks.

I'll manually delete the unnecessary ones.

Jim