On a normal system it will backup
Windows registry, Windows boot files, COM+ class registration database
If you are running a DC it will also back up
Active Directory and System volume
System State Data
It's call System State Data
system state data
It is the checking of data input to a system to ensure that it is what is meant to have been input.
In information processing,a Data Processing System is a system which processes data which has been captured and encoded in a format recognizable by the data processing system or has been created and stored by another unit of an information processing system.
Windows Internals is a book that helps users to understand how the core system and management mechanisms work. They provide an insight into the security model and how the windows system authorises data.
Data files for what? The system? Undoubtedly that'd be the system32 folder, but your best bet, look in the C:\WINDOWS\ folder for all of them.
The 3 types of information that is kept in windows registry are Operating system, Configuration data, and hardware.
It depends on how important those data files are to yourself. Data files are files that you put on the computer such as pictures, music, documents, etc. These files sometimes to users are more important than the actual system files. I would have to say that my data files are more important to me than system files but that's just because I can go in and re-install Windows and have my system running how it was previously in a matter of a few hours.
Yes, there are data recoverys for Windows programs, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Windows XP and Windows 2000. One of data recovery program is called File Scavenger.
The Hard Drive with Windows Vista installed on it would not work in Windows 98 unless you reformatted it using the FAT32 File System, thus erasing all data. Windows Vista uses the NTFS file system, which is not supported by Windows 98.
You can have an upgrade from microsoft or buy windows 8.1 and upgrade the system from there (be sure to back up your important data) or you can just format the whole windows partition and install Windows 8.1