IT Baseline Protection Manual - The Information Warfare Site

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T 4.24 File name conversion when backing up data
under Windows 95
If backup programs that do not support long file names are used under
Windows 95, all long file names must be converted before backup via use of
the supplied program LFNBK.EXE and option /B in convention 8.3.
Thereafter, the backup program should be invoked. Finally, the original
filenames can be restored with LFNBK.EXE /R.
This process should be applied with care, however, since on one hand,
information can be lost when converting names, and on the other hand files
may no longer be restored as soon as the directory structure of the PC has
changed after backup. This can lead to a loss of data.
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IT-Baseline Protection Manual: Oktober 2000