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Marie
What are the steps in creating backup copies of my
files. I have Windows XP Home Edition.
Many thanks.
files. I have Windows XP Home Edition.
Many thanks.
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The Unknown P
Welcome to XP Marie. I am going to asume at this point
that you have XP Home Edition. The NT Backup is not
installed by default for some strange reason. It can be
found on your XP disk waiting for you to install it. Put
the disk in your drive and then when the autoplay window
comes up click the X beside "perform additional tasks"
then click the "explore this CD" and click the files in
the following order. valueadd\msft\ntbackup and you will
see what looks like two little computers. Double clicking
those should begin the install and once you have finished
you will now have the backup tool in your start\all
programs\accessories\system tools. You can then either use
the wizards to help automate your backup or you can do it
with the advanced settings. It takes some time to learn
and a lot of reading. When in doubt click the help on the
tool bar and see what is there for you to read. This will
not backup files to a disk. For that you will need a disk
writing program like Roxio Easy CD Creator. One more
thing. You will not be able to do a backup of your entire
system to disks. For that you will need a third part
program like Norton Ghost. You see; NT Backup and Roxio
Easy CD creator don't have disk spanning(writing to
multiple disks) capabilities. All rather confusing isn't
it? You'll get the hang of it. Keep smiling.
that you have XP Home Edition. The NT Backup is not
installed by default for some strange reason. It can be
found on your XP disk waiting for you to install it. Put
the disk in your drive and then when the autoplay window
comes up click the X beside "perform additional tasks"
then click the "explore this CD" and click the files in
the following order. valueadd\msft\ntbackup and you will
see what looks like two little computers. Double clicking
those should begin the install and once you have finished
you will now have the backup tool in your start\all
programs\accessories\system tools. You can then either use
the wizards to help automate your backup or you can do it
with the advanced settings. It takes some time to learn
and a lot of reading. When in doubt click the help on the
tool bar and see what is there for you to read. This will
not backup files to a disk. For that you will need a disk
writing program like Roxio Easy CD Creator. One more
thing. You will not be able to do a backup of your entire
system to disks. For that you will need a third part
program like Norton Ghost. You see; NT Backup and Roxio
Easy CD creator don't have disk spanning(writing to
multiple disks) capabilities. All rather confusing isn't
it? You'll get the hang of it. Keep smiling.
L
Lil' Dave
If you mean your own personal files, it depends mostly on the media capacity
you're going to backup to and the total size of all of the files you're
referring to. If you're talking GBs of files, I would use either a DVD data
burning program to DVD-RW or the native NT backup to tape. Othewise, a
standard CD burner may suffice using UDF format and using NT Backup, or just
drag and drop using copy.
If you mean the entire XP installation, all files, partition etc.; I like
Powerquest DriveImage 7.0 You'll need lots of media space for both the
program installation and target for the backup.
Dave
you're going to backup to and the total size of all of the files you're
referring to. If you're talking GBs of files, I would use either a DVD data
burning program to DVD-RW or the native NT backup to tape. Othewise, a
standard CD burner may suffice using UDF format and using NT Backup, or just
drag and drop using copy.
If you mean the entire XP installation, all files, partition etc.; I like
Powerquest DriveImage 7.0 You'll need lots of media space for both the
program installation and target for the backup.
Dave