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