The Windows Restore Point formats

Summary

The Windows Restore Point formats were used by the System Restore subsystem prior to Windows Vista. This specification is based on available documentation and was enhanced by analyzing test data.

This document is intended as a working document for the Windows Restore Point format specifications.

Document information

Author(s):	Joachim Metz <joachim.metz@gmail.com>
Abstract:	This document contains information about the Windows Restore Point formats
Classification:	Public
Keywords:	Restore Point, change.log, fifo.log, rp.log

License

Copyright (C) 2015-2018, Joachim Metz <joachim.metz@gmail.com>.
Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this document under the
terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.3 or any later version
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Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included
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Revision history

Version	Author	Date	Comments
0.0.1	J.B. Metz	April 2015	Initial version.
0.0.2	J.B. Metz	April 2015	Additional findings for the change.log format.
0.0.3	J.B. Metz	May 2015	Additional findings for the change.log format.
0.0.4	J.B. Metz	May 2018	Textual changes.

1. Overview

The Windows Restore Points formats were used by the System Restore subsystem in Windows XP, and presumably Windows ME.

On Windows XP a Restore Points can be found in:

C:\System Volume Information\_restore{%GUID%}\

Where %GUID% is the machine GUID, for which the Restore Point was created.

This directory contains:

drivetable.txt; UTF-16 little-endian text file without byte-order-mark
fifo.log; Restore Point deletion information
RP[1-9][0-9]* (e.g. RP1); a Restore Point sub directory

Each Restore Point sub directory contains:

change.log or change.log.[1-9];
drivetable.txt; UTF-16 little-endian text file without byte-order-mark
RestorePointSize;
rp.log; Restore Point information log file
snapshot; the Restore Point Snapshot sub directory

The Restore Point snapshot sub directory contains:

ComDb.Dat; a copy of the COM+ database
domain.txt; UTF-16 little-endian text file without byte-order-mark
a copy of the IIS database
REGISTRY[0-9A-Z_]*; a copy of the Windows Registry hive files
Repository; sub directory that contains a copy of the WMI repository (also referred to as the Common Information Model (CIM) repository)

Characteristics	Description
Byte order	little-endian
Date and time values	FILETIME in UTC
Character strings	UTF-16 little-endian formatted string with end-of-string character

1.1. Test version

Files created by the following version of programs were used to test the information within this document:

TODO: Windows ME
Windows XP

1.2. The fifo.log file

The fifo.log file contains Restore Point deletion information.

Extended ASCII strings:

11/14/12-13:54:45 : Fifoed RP1 on drive C:\

Date format seems MM/DD/YY

2. The change.log file

A change.log file consists of:

change log header
change log entries

2.1. Change log header

The change log header (CHANGE_LOG_HEADER) is variable of size and consists of:

Offset	Size	Value	Description
RECORD_HEADER of type RecordTypeLogHeader
0	4		Record size Includes the size of the volume path record.
4	4	0	Record type

8	4	0xabcdef12	Signature
12	4	2	Format version
RECORD_HEADER of type RecordTypeVolumePath
16	4		Record size
20	4	2	Record type

16	…		Volume path UTF-16 little-endian string with end-of-string character.

…	4		Copy of record size

2.1.1. Change log record types

Value	Identifier	Description
0	RecordTypeLogHeader	The record contains the header for the change log.
1	RecordTypeLogEntry	The record contains the header for a change log entry.
2	RecordTypeVolumePath	The data contains the volume path for the change log entry.
3	RecordTypeFirstPath	The data contains the file path for the change log entry.
4	RecordTypeSecondPath	The data contains the file path of the renamed file for the change log entry.
5	RecordTypeTempPath	The data contains the name of the backup file used to restore the change log entry.
6	RecordTypeAclInline	The data contains an access control list (ACL).
7	RecordTypeAclFile	The data contains the name of the ACL file used to store the ACL.
8	RecordTypeDebugInfo	The data contains debug information for the change log entry.
9	RecordTypeShortName	The data contains the short name of the backup file.

2.2. Change log entry

The change log entry (CHANGE_LOG_ENTRY) is variable of size and consists of:

Offset	Size	Value	Description
RECORD_HEADER of type RecordTypeLogEntry
0	4		Record size
4	4	1	Record type

8	4	0xabcdef12	Signature
12	4		Entry type
16	4		Entry flags
20	4		File attributes Set to 0xffffffff if not used.
24	8		Sequence number
32	32		Unknown (empty values)
Process name
64	4		Unknown (size of process name data) The value does not include the 4 bytes of the size itself
68	4		Unknown (string data type?) Seen: 0x00000003 (Unicode?)
73	…		Name of the process that made the change UTF-16 little-endian string with end-of-string character.
If < record size - 4
…	…		Unknown (sub records?) Contains a list? of records?

…	4		Copy of record size

2.2.1. Change log entry types

Value	Identifier	Description
0x00000001	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYTYPES_STREAMCHANGE
0x00000002	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYTYPES_ACLCHANGE
0x00000004	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYTYPES_ATTRCHANGE
0x00000008	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYTYPES_STREAMOVERWRITE
0x00000010	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYTYPES_FILEDELETE
0x00000020	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYTYPES_FILECREATE
0x00000040	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYTYPES_FILERENAME
0x00000080	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYTYPES_DIRCREATE
0x00000100	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYTYPES_DIRRENAME
0x00000200	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYTYPES_DIRDELETE
0x00000400	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYTYPES_MOUNTCREATE
0x00000800	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYTYPES_MOUNTDELETE
0x00001000	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYTYPES_VOLUMEERROR
0x00002000	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYTYPES_STREAMCREATE
0x00010000	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYTYPES_NOOPTIMIZE
0x00020000	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYTYPES_ISDIR
0x00040000	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYTYPES_ISNOTDIR
0x00080000	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYTYPES_SIMULATEDELETE
0x00100000	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYTYPES_INPRECREATE
0x00200000	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYTYPES_OPENBYID

2.2.2. Change log entry flags

Value	Identifier	Description
0x00000001	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYFLAGS_TEMPPATH
0x00000002	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYFLAGS_SECONDPATH
0x00000004	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYFLAGS_ACLINFO
0x00000008	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYFLAGS_DEBUGINFO
0x00000010	CHANGE_LOG_ENTRYFLAGS_SHORTNAME

2.3. First path record data

The first path record data is variable of size and consists of:

Offset	Size	Value	Description
RECORD_HEADER of type RecordTypeFirstPath
0	4		Record size
4	4	3	Record type

8	…		The first path string UTF-16 little-endian string with end-of-string character.

TODO: need sample.

2.4. Second path record data

The second path record data is variable of size and consists of:

Offset	Size	Value	Description
RECORD_HEADER of type RecordTypeSecondPath
0	4		Record size
4	4	4	Record type

8	…		The secondary path string UTF-16 little-endian string with end-of-string character.

2.5. Backup file record data

The backup file record data is variable of size and consists of:

Offset	Size	Value	Description
RECORD_HEADER of type RecordTypeTempPath
0	4		Record size
4	4	5	Record type

8	…		The backup filename string UTF-16 little-endian string with end-of-string character.

The backup files are located in the RP# folder. The filename has the following format: A.ext, where is a seven-digit number and ext is the file name extension.

2.6. Inline ACL record data

The inline ACL record data is variable of size and consists of:

Offset	Size	Value	Description
RECORD_HEADER of type RecordTypeAclInline
0	4		Record size
4	4	6	Record type

8	…		Unknown (SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR?)

Note	According to `[MSDN]` this value cannot be larger than 8192 bytes. It states that to specify a value larger than 8192 bytes a RecordTypeAclFile record must be used.

2.7. File ACL record data

The file ACL record data is variable of size and consists of:

Offset	Size	Value	Description
RECORD_HEADER of type RecordTypeAclFile
0	4		Record size
4	4	7	Record type

8	…		Unknown (SECURITY_DESCRIPTOR?)

TODO: need sample.

The ACL files are located in the RP# folder. The filename has the following format: S.acl, where is a seven-digit number.

2.8. Debug information record data

The debug information record data is variable of size and consists of:

Offset	Size	Value	Description
RECORD_HEADER of type RecordTypeDebugInfo
0	4		Record size
4	4	8	Record type

8	…		Unknown (SR_LOG_DEBUG_INFO?)

TODO: need sample.

typedef struct _SR_LOG_DEBUG_INFO {
    RECORD_HEADER Header;         // log entry header
    HANDLE ThreadId;              // thread identifier
    HANDLE ProcessId;             // process identifier
    ULARGER_INTEGER TimeStamp;    // event time stamp
    CHAR ProcesName[13];          // process name
} SR_LOG_DEBUG_INFO, *PSR_LOG_DEBUG_INFO;

2.9. Short filename record data

The short filename record data is variable of size and consists of:

Offset	Size	Value	Description
RECORD_HEADER of type RecordTypeShortName
0	4		Record size
4	4	9	Record type

8	…		The short filename string UTF-16 little-endian string with end-of-string character.

3. The rp.log file

The rp.log file consists of:

Restore Point information
Unknown data
file footer

3.1. Restore point information

The Restore Point information (RESTOREPOINTINFO) is variable of size and consists of:

Offset	Size	Value	Description
0	4		Event type
See section: Event types	4	4
Restore point typeRestore point type See section: Restore point types	8	8
Sequence number	16	…

TODO: determine if the description always stored as UTF-16, since WINAPI provides both RESTOREPOINTINFOA and RESTOREPOINTINFOW.

3.1.1. Event types

Value	Identifier	Description
0x00000064	BEGIN_SYSTEM_CHANGE	Event to mark the start of a system change.
0x00000065	END_SYSTEM_CHANGE	Event to mark the end of a system change.
0x00000066	BEGIN_NESTED_SYSTEM_CHANGE	Event to mark the start of a nested system change. A nested system change does not create a new Restore Point. Must be ended with END_NESTED_SYSTEM_CHANGE, not END_SYSTEM_CHANGE.
0x00000067	END_NESTED_SYSTEM_CHANGE	Event to mark the end of a nested system change.

3.1.2. Restore point types

Value	Identifier	Description
0x00000000	APPLICATION_INSTALL	Installation of an application.
0x00000001	APPLICATION_UNINSTALL	Uninstall of an application.

0x00000007		Unknown Seen in XP rp.log

0x0000000a	DEVICE_DRIVER_INSTALL	Installation of a device driver.

0x0000000c	MODIFY_SETTINGS	Features added or removed of an application.
0x0000000d	CANCELLED_OPERATION	An application needs to delete the Restore Point it created. For example, an application would use this flag when a user cancels an installation.

0x00000010		Unknown Seen in Windows 8 RESTOREPOINTINFO

3.2. File footer

Offset	Size	Value	Description
0	8		Restore point creation time Contains a FILETIME Could this be the rp.log last write time instead?

4. Notes

Files Contained in Each RP#Folder

4.1. rp.log

00000000  66 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |f...............|
00000010  49 00 6e 00 73 00 74 00  61 00 6c 00 6c 00 65 00  |I.n.s.t.a.l.l.e.|
00000020  64 00 20 00 50 00 79 00  74 00 68 00 6f 00 6e 00  |d. .P.y.t.h.o.n.|
00000030  20 00 6d 00 6f 00 63 00  6b 00 2d 00 31 00 2e 00  | .m.o.c.k.-.1...|
00000040  30 00 2e 00 31 00 00 00                           |0...1...]...X...|

00000040                           5d 01 00 00 58 aa 12 00  |0...1...]...X...|
00000050  7c ee ad 00 a6 16 91 7c  62 01 00 00 58 aa 12 00  ||......|b...X...|
00000060  00 00 0a 00 68 b5 12 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 0a 00  |....h...........|
00000070  08 e6 11 00 00 00 00 00  5c ef ad 00 4c 08 91 7c  |........\...L..||
00000080  00 00 0a 00 81 09 91 7c  08 06 0a 00 5d 00 91 7c  |.......|....]..||
00000090  b8 e2 10 00 10 e6 11 00  10 e6 11 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
000000a0  03 00 00 00 08 e6 11 00  c8 ee ad 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
000000b0  b8 00 91 7c 88 1e 10 00  94 ef ad 00 dc ee ad 00  |...|............|
000000c0  00 00 00 00 b8 00 91 7c  a0 51 11 00 a8 ef ad 00  |.......|.Q......|
000000d0  41 00 91 7c 08 08 0a 00  5d 00 91 7c 38 d9 0b 00  |A..|....]..|8...|
000000e0  a8 51 11 00 a8 51 11 00  30 01 00 00 c0 00 00 00  |.Q...Q..0.......|
000000f0  13 00 00 00 78 01 0a 00  e0 02 0a 00 18 0b 00 00  |....x...........|
00000100  20 00 00 00 30 00 00 00  00 00 0a 00 e0 02 0a 00  | ...0...........|
00000110  00 00 0a 00 00 00 0a 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
00000120  00 00 00 00 98 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 26 00 01 01  |............&...|
00000130  08 00 00 00 a0 ee 00 00  40 00 00 00 44 ed ad 00  |........@...D...|
00000140  20 e9 90 7c 2d f6 90 7c  10 f0 ad 00 00 00 0a 00  | ..|-..|........|
00000150  90 ef ad 00 5c f6 90 7c  61 f6 90 7c 34 00 00 c0  |....\..|a..|4...|
00000160  00 00 0a 00 2d f6 01 00  13 00 00 00 d8 ee ad 00  |....-...........|
00000170  d8 ef ad 00 cc ef ad 00  20 e9 01 00 08 00 00 00  |........ .......|
00000180  ec ee ad 00 5d 00 91 7c  e0 ef ad 00 20 e9 90 7c  |....]..|.... ..||
00000190  60 00 91 7c ff ff ff ff  5d 00 91 7c cf fd 7d 7c  |`..|....]..|..}||
000001a0  00 00 0a 00 00 00 00 00  9f fd 7d 7c 38 d9 0b 00  |..........}|8...|
000001b0  a8 51 11 00 00 00 00 00  48 9b 80 7c a4 ff ad 00  |.Q......H..|....|
000001c0  48 9b 80 7c a8 fd 7d 7c  bc ef ad 00 9f fd 7d 7c  |H..|..}|......}||
000001d0  a4 ff ad 00 48 9b 80 7c  a8 fd 7d 7c ff ff ff ff  |....H..|..}|....|
000001e0  9f fd 7d 7c e6 5f 2d 7d  a8 51 11 00 08 f0 ad 00  |..}|._-}.Q......|
000001f0  02 f3 38 7d a8 51 11 00  14 f0 ad 00 4e f4 38 7d  |..8}.Q......N.8}|
00000200  a8 51 11 00 24 f0 ad 00  76 60 2d 7d 18 6c 3a 7d  |.Q..$...v`-}.l:}|

00000000  64 00 00 00 07 00 00 00  88 61 07 07 64 fa b2 00  |d........a..d...|

00000010  43 00 6f 00 6e 00 74 00  72 00 6f 00 6c 00 65 00  |C.o.n.t.r.o.l.e.|
00000020  70 00 75 00 6e 00 74 00  20 00 76 00 61 00 6e 00  |p.u.n.t. .v.a.n.|
00000030  20 00 73 00 79 00 73 00  74 00 65 00 65 00 6d 00  | .s.y.s.t.e.e.m.|
00000040  00 00                                             |....p...A..|8...|

00000040        07 07 70 fd b2 00  41 00 91 7c 38 0b 09 00  |....p...A..|8...|
00000050  5d 00 91 7c 00 00 00 00  00 d5 11 00 00 00 00 00  |]..|............|
00000060  d8 fc b2 00 c4 2c 7e 7c  58 59 0d 00 38 e7 11 00  |.....,~|XY..8...|
00000070  30 75 00 00 fe ff ff ff  f0 fc b2 00 85 32 56 42  |0u...........2VB|
00000080  00 00 00 00 00 00 09 00  30 75 00 00 fc fc b2 00  |........0u......|
00000090  00 00 00 00 b8 00 91 7c  30 9d 88 05 c8 fd b2 00  |.......|0.......|
000000a0  41 00 91 7c 48 07 09 00  5d 00 91 7c 1c fd b2 00  |A..|H...]..|....|
000000b0  00 00 00 00 b8 00 91 7c  68 88 29 07 e8 fd b2 00  |.......|h.).....|
000000c0  41 00 91 7c e8 06 09 00  5d 00 91 7c 00 00 00 00  |A..|....]..|....|
000000d0  00 d5 11 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 09 00 34 70 5c 77  |............4p\w|
000000e0  80 48 0e 77 68 61 07 07  00 00 00 00 78 fd b2 00  |.H.wha......x...|
000000f0  3e ad 01 00 19 00 00 00  0b 00 00 00 44 61 07 07  |>...........Da..|
00000100  70 fe b2 00 20 e9 90 7c  20 00 00 00 ff ff ff ff  |p... ..| .......|
00000110  5d 00 91 7c 6f c6 59 42  00 00 09 00 00 00 00 00  |]..|o.YB........|
00000120  30 61 07 07 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 80 b1 e6 06  |0a..............|
00000130  5c 08 00 00 2c 08 00 00  58 00 00 00 cc fd 00 00  |\...,...X.......|
00000140  00 00 09 00 9c fb b2 00  36 14 4c 77 00 00 00 00  |........6.Lw....|
00000150  10 fe b2 00 e8 77 5c 77  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |.....w\w........|
00000160  70 db c2 06 ac fd b2 00  2c a3 09 00 70 fe b2 00  |p.......,...p...|
00000170  79 4d 5b 77 00 00 00 00  10 fe b2 00 70 db c2 06  |yM[w........p...|
00000180  00 00 00 00 00 c0 fd 7f  48 fe b2 00 2a 26 7d 7c  |........H...*&}||
00000190  04 fe b2 00 00 26 7d 7c  5c 08 00 00 00 00 00 00  |.....&}|\.......|
000001a0  00 00 00 00 14 00 00 00  01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
000001b0  00 00 00 00 10 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |................|
000001c0  00 a0 fd 7f 00 c0 fd 7f  18 fe b2 00 02 01 00 00  |................|
000001d0  f8 fd b2 00 fc fd b2 00  c8 fe b2 00 48 9b 80 7c  |............H..||
000001e0  08 26 7d 7c ff ff ff ff  00 26 7d 7c 42 25 7d 7c  |.&}|.....&}|B%}||
000001f0  5c 08 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 78 fe b2 00  |\...........x...|
00000200  6b 0f 13 75 5c 08 00 00  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  |k..u\...........|

4.2. Corresponding Registry keys

HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\Software\Microsoft\WindowsNT\CurrentVersion\SystemRestore

4.3. Machine GUID

On Windows XP SP2 the machine GUID can be found in:

%SytemRoot%\System32\Restore\MachineGUID.txt

Appendix A: References

[BUNTING]

Title:	Restore Point Forensics
Author(s):	Steve Bunting
URL:	http://www.stevebunting.org/udpd4n6/forensics/restorepoints.htm

[MSDN]

Title:	MSDN
URL:	https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb395209(v=vs.85).aspx https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa378903(v=vs.85).aspx https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/aa378947(v=vs.85).aspx https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb395208(v=vs.85).aspx https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/windows/desktop/bb395207(v=vs.85).aspx

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The Windows Restore Point formats

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Document information

License

Revision history

1. Overview

1.1. Test version

1.2. The fifo.log file

2. The change.log file

2.1. Change log header

2.1.1. Change log record types

2.2. Change log entry

2.2.1. Change log entry types

2.2.2. Change log entry flags

2.3. First path record data

2.4. Second path record data

2.5. Backup file record data

2.6. Inline ACL record data

2.7. File ACL record data

2.8. Debug information record data

2.9. Short filename record data

3. The rp.log file

3.1. Restore point information

3.1.1. Event types

3.1.2. Restore point types

3.2. File footer

4. Notes

4.1. rp.log

4.2. Corresponding Registry keys

4.3. Machine GUID

Appendix A: References

Appendix B: GNU Free Documentation License

0. PREAMBLE

1. APPLICABILITY AND DEFINITIONS

2. VERBATIM COPYING

3. COPYING IN QUANTITY

4. MODIFICATIONS

5. COMBINING DOCUMENTS

6. COLLECTIONS OF DOCUMENTS

7. AGGREGATION WITH INDEPENDENT WORKS

8. TRANSLATION

9. TERMINATION

10. FUTURE REVISIONS OF THIS LICENSE

11. RELICENSING