Openfiles backup and recovery

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Does anyone have any information on how to backup openfiles or protected
files and/or directories for recovery purposes.

I have 1 physical IDE drive with 2 partitions:

C: drive - 1st OS - windows XP Home and Apps
D: drive - 2nd OS - windows XP Home and nothing else.

I boot of using the 2nd OS and try to straight copy all the C: drive onto
D:\BACKUP and
failed because there are some files/directory that is protected. Is there
any way to backup my main OS, 1st OS, and dump all to a D:\backup and/or to
multiple writable CDs for easy recovery.

That is, if for some reason I'm not able to access my primary OS or is
DEBAR(Destroyed Beyond All Recoqnition), I can just reformat my C:\
partition and reload back using the backup CDs? Thanks

OR, is there utilities I can use to backup C:\WINDOWS\System32\config
directory, that is the OpenFiles backup. Thanks
 
Sarah Tanembaum said:
Does anyone have any information on how to backup openfiles or protected
files and/or directories for recovery purposes.

I have 1 physical IDE drive with 2 partitions:

C: drive - 1st OS - windows XP Home and Apps
D: drive - 2nd OS - windows XP Home and nothing else.

I boot of using the 2nd OS and try to straight copy all the C: drive onto
D:\BACKUP and
failed because there are some files/directory that is protected. Is there
any way to backup my main OS, 1st OS, and dump all to a D:\backup and/or to
multiple writable CDs for easy recovery.

That is, if for some reason I'm not able to access my primary OS or is
DEBAR(Destroyed Beyond All Recoqnition), I can just reformat my C:\
partition and reload back using the backup CDs? Thanks

OR, is there utilities I can use to backup C:\WINDOWS\System32\config
directory, that is the OpenFiles backup. Thanks
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Sarah, greetings from England,

When faced with a similar problem, I bought a second hard driveand used
Norton Ghost from http://www.symantec.com to clone the entire OS, Program
Files and settings along with everything from Docs & Settings on to the
second drive. I don't think it will be a good idea to backup your separate
OS versions into one backup file even if you find a way to do it.

Roger Lemon,
Newport Pagnell
UK

here to learn but chipping in the odd opinion
 
Hi Roger, greeting from across the pond.

Thanks for your info. Though it seems ideal, I had no choice now except
those extra partition I have and CDRW. Can Norton Ghost backup into a file?

Thanks
 
Yes, Norton Ghost will either allow you to backup to
CD's - however be prepared, depending on the size of your
drive and what applications you have installed it will
most likely be multiple CD's.

Tina
 
Sarah said:
Does anyone have any information on how to backup openfiles or protected
files and/or directories for recovery purposes.

I have 1 physical IDE drive with 2 partitions:

C: drive - 1st OS - windows XP Home and Apps
D: drive - 2nd OS - windows XP Home and nothing else.

I boot of using the 2nd OS and try to straight copy all the C: drive onto
D:\BACKUP and
failed because there are some files/directory that is protected. Is there
any way to backup my main OS, 1st OS, and dump all to a D:\backup and/or to
multiple writable CDs for easy recovery.

That is, if for some reason I'm not able to access my primary OS or is
DEBAR(Destroyed Beyond All Recoqnition), I can just reformat my C:\
partition and reload back using the backup CDs? Thanks

OR, is there utilities I can use to backup C:\WINDOWS\System32\config
directory, that is the OpenFiles backup. Thanks
Click to expand...

Use a drive imaging program, Symantec's Drive Image, Norton Ghost,
BootIt NG, Acronis True Image. Storing backups on a second internal
hard drive is risky. If a power surge zaps the computer then you could
loose both drives and be w/o backup. Best is to burn to DVD or save on
an external hard drive. I use Drive Image 7 and backup onto a 250 GB
external USB2 hard drive. It's fast, easy, and a snap to restore. You
must back up the entire drive but can restore individual files and
directories or the whole drive.
 
John Doe said:
Sara,

You are not telling me that you have managed to survive without Ghost all
these years? Ghost should be the most important utility noone should live
without!
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Latest version of Ghost is based on Drive Image (originally from
Powerquest).
 
John.... have you looked at your computer clock lately.....??
It's kind of a little ahead of itself, like about 24 years.....
 
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