Can I safely  exclude following files from backup:

c$\WINNT\Profiles\Administrator\NTUSER.DAT
c$\WINNT\Profiles\Administrator\ntuser.dat.LOG
c$\WINNT\system32\config\default.LOG
c$\WINNT\system32\config\SAM
c$\WINNT\system32\config\SAM.LOG
c$\WINNT\system32\config\SECURITY
c$\WINNT\system32\config\SECURITY.LOG
c$\WINNT\system32\config\software
c$\WINNT\system32\config\software.LOG
c$\WINNT\system32\config\system
c$\WINNT\system32\config\SYSTEM.ALT

I am getting errors in the log file that these files cannot be backed up
since they are open.

Tivoli Storage Manager for Windows Backup-Archive Clients Installation and
User's Guide recommends the following exclude statement:

exclude "*:\...\system32\config\*.*"
exclude "*:\...\system32\config\...\*"

Can I restore the registry and other system objects it I exclude all the
files listed above? They are not getting backed up anyway.

Anwer