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  4. NetBackup Bare Metal Restore operational notes
  5. Post Bare Metal Restore (BMR) operation, windows Start Menu and Search not functioning
  6. Warning message after BMR restore on Windows
NetBackup™ Release Notes

Warning message after BMR restore on Windows

After performing a Bare Metal Restore (BMR) restore on Windows clients, users may see the following warning message:

The Recycle Bin on c:\ is corrupted. Do you want to empty the Recycle Bin for this drive?.

Behavior details
  • The warning may appear for each drive present on the restored system, not just the C: drive.

  • The hidden system folders $Recycle.Bin and System Volume Information may be visible on all drives.

  • This message may appear even when the Recycle Bin does not contain any user data.

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