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Is there a program withing window XP for backing up the entire hard dirve or
data? thanks
 
Rizgar Ghazi said:
Is there a program withing window XP for backing up the entire hard dirve
or
data? thanks
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XP has nothing that you can use to back up an entire hard drive. XP does
come with a Backup Utility that can be used for backing up data.
 
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Is there a program withing window XP for backing up the
entire hard dirve or data? thanks
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Windows XP ships with a backup program, ntbackup, that is
installed by default on the Professional version. If you have
the Home edition, you'll have to go to the
VALUEADD\MSFT\NTBACKUP folder on your XP installation CD and
run ntbackup.msi. If you don't have an installation CD, you can
download the installation file here:

Installing the Backup Program on the Home Version
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/windowsxp_tips.htm#backup_home

Keep in mind that the Windows Backup program cannot backup
directly to CD. It's best used to backup data files to a
location on an external hard drive or tape drive. If you want
to save data to CD's, you'd have to save the file to your hard
drive first and then burn it to a CD. That said, NTBackup is
capable of providing a basic backup solution.

A far better option would be to obtain a program such as Norton
Ghost or Acronis True Image. Both of these programs are capable
of backing up your entire drive.

Here are a couple of other programs you might want to consider
using.

Backup MyPC
http://www.stompsoft.com/backupmypc.html?SourceID=knc_goog_computer_backup_software

Second Copy
http://www.centered.com/index.html

Good luck

Nepatsfan
 
Nepatsfan said:
Maybe it's just me, but clicking on that link took me to a page
on the Wilder Security Forums that displayed the following
message: "Sorry - no matches. Please try some different terms."

Nepatsfan
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I got the same resultm too.

Rick
 
Hi!

I use NT backup, but have the same problem on 3 diffrent computers. 1
running win xp pro and 2 of them running win 2000 pro. The Backup stops just
before it reaches 4 gb and says the media is full. The usb harddrive is empty
and 190 gb so its far from full. Any ideas?

Jimmy
 
Hi Jimmy,

Let me guess...the backup media is formatted as FAT32, right? It has a file
size limit of 4GB minus a few bytes. This is a limitation of that file
system, to create larger backups you need to format as NTFS.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP

Associate Expert - WindowsXP Expert Zone

Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
 
Well, I tried the "%systemroo%\system32\clipbrd.exe" and got a file not
found. So I just right clicked on the desktop again, clicked "new", clicked
"shortcut", keyed in "clipbrd.exe". next and finished. A neat little
clipboard icon popped up and when I double clicked on it there was the Clip
Board Reader window with an active window for what I wanted to print.
 
Newbie said:
Well, I tried the "%systemroo%\system32\clipbrd.exe" and got a file
not found.
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That's because you're missiing a "t" at the end of "systemroot."
 
I went to the suggested website and downloaded the needed installation file
(nbackup.msi), but when I tried to install it on my computer, I received the
following error message: The cabinet file 'cabs.nbackup.CAB' required for
this installation is corrupt, and cannot be used, etc. Error code: 2350.

Any suggestions to obtain a good installation file?

I do not have a copy of the Windows XP Home Edition CD-Rom disk to use to
obtain the VALUEADD\MSFT\NTBACKUP folder.

Thanks, Thomboy
 
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