Microsoft KB Archive/912037

= Backup program overwrites files when you restore NFS-shared NTFS volumes on a Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer =

Article ID: 912037

Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard Edition (32-bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise Edition (32-Bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter Edition (32-Bit x86)
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Standard x64 Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Enterprise x64 Edition
 * Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2 Datacenter x64 Edition

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SYMPTOMS
Consider the following scenario:
 * You are using a Microsoft Windows Server 2003 R2-based computer that contains network file system (NFS)-shared files.
 * These NFS-shared files reside on an NTFS file system volume.
 * The NFS-shared files include two files that differ only in the case sensitivity of their names. For example, the two files are named a.txt and A.txt.
 * You back up the NTFS volume by using a backup program and then restore the backup.

In this scenario, the backup program overwrites the first file, a.txt, with the second file, A.txt.



CAUSE
This issue occurs because Win32-based programs do not correctly handle case-sensitive file names.



MORE INFORMATION
For more information about how to use case-sensitive file names on NTFS volumes, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

100625 File names are case sensitive on NTFS volumes

Keywords: kbwinservperf kbfileprintservices kbhowto kbtshoot kbprb KB912037

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