Removable Storage Manager

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Updated: October 16, 2009

Applies To: Windows 7

After being reduced to an optional component in previous releases of the Windows and Windows Server operating systems, Removable Storage Manager (RSM) has been removed. Windows Backup no longer supports writing directly to sequential (tape) backup devices so RSM is no longer required. Third-party backup software does not use RSM, but manages backup device objects directly.

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For more information, see Removable Storage Managerin the MSDN Library (http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=165704).

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Thomas Lee

RSM(Removable Storage Manager)

I made a backup on a windows 2000 machine using ntbackup.exe. I purchased a Windows 7 machine and am trying to restore my pictures and other files and am not able to because ntbackup.exe requires RSM - a feature not available for Windows 7. PLEASE FIX THIS ISSUE!!<br /><br /><br /><b>[tfl - 06 01 12] Hi - and thanks for your post. Community content is not the appropriate place for technical support queries. Instead, you should visit the Technet Forums at http://forums.microsoft.com/technet, where such posts are welcomed and where you stand a much better chance of getting your query resolved. Sorry if that's not the answer you wanted to hear.</b><br />

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Matt Perovic

Re: ski9826

Hi ski9826,<div><br /></div><div>If it is a once off restore you need, try using a spare XP machine or even XP Mode and see how you go?</div>

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