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1| File Location | Contents / Info |
2|-------------------------------|---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
3| Program Files | contains installed programs |
4| Users | contains user Profiles (Windows Vista +) |
5| Documents and Settings | contains user Profiles (user hives) (Windows XP) |
6| Program Files (x86) | contains installed 32-bit programs on 64-bit architectures |
7| Windows\Prefetch | on XP and up; stores pathname and mapping of last time application was run.. |
8| Windows\SoftwareDistribution | contains the Windows downloaded updates |
9| Windows\$NT* | contains replaced files after a system update or service pack so a user can roll back to previous versions |
10| Windows\system32\config | contains registry files |
11| Windows\system32\dllcache | contains backed up critical system files |
12| Windows\system32\drivers\etc | contains system (tcp/ip) network files |
13| Windows\system32\Repair | contains the backup, or off-line copy, of registry files |