Windows backup destination

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divoch

I have installed Windows backup from the Win XP CD. The only options where
to back up to that I can select appear to be a Floppy or ZIP drive but not
to the attached USB Hard drive. That seems silly or am I doing something
silly?
divoch
 
divoch said:
I have installed Windows backup from the Win XP CD. The only
options where to back up to that I can select appear to be a
Floppy or ZIP drive but not to the attached USB Hard drive. That
seems silly or am I doing something silly?
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Ted said:
Windows Backup does not backup to USB (or Firewire) hard drives.
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Eh?

Windows XP Backup Made Easy
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03july14.mspx

"Instead, your best bet is to click Browse and choose any of the following
locations:
....
• An external hard disk drive. USB and IEEE 1394 or FireWire drives have
dropped in price lately. Consider getting a 40 GB or larger drive and
dedicating it for use as a backup device."

And that was back in 2003. Was this ability removed? Or is the article
just wrong?

How To Use Backup to Back Up Files and Folders on Your Computer in Windows
XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308422

You could use some third party freeware...

Cobian Backup
http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm
 
Shenan Stanley said:
Eh?

Windows XP Backup Made Easy
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03july14.mspx

"Instead, your best bet is to click Browse and choose any of the following
locations:
...
. An external hard disk drive. USB and IEEE 1394 or FireWire drives have
dropped in price lately. Consider getting a 40 GB or larger drive and
dedicating it for use as a backup device."

And that was back in 2003. Was this ability removed? Or is the article
just wrong?
Click to expand...

That is what I was wondering myself. I have just upgraded from Win98SE,
took my Win XP CD (incl. SP2), found Windows backup there and downloaded
it. However the dropdown window does not give me any other options except
those mentioned -:(
On the subject of third party freeware I am struggling. . Ideally I would
like synch software that would be able to synch between three folders, one
of
them being central one on this external drive and the two others on two PCs.
in other words the central one would be able to synch in both directions
with
each PC when connected to it.
divoch
 
Right you are, and my apologies to the OP.

From the Help and Support Center: "The backup storage medium can be a
logical drive such as your hard drive, or a separate storage device such as
a removable disk..."
 
divoch said:
I have installed Windows backup from the Win XP CD. The only
options where to back up to that I can select appear to be a
Floppy or ZIP drive but not to the attached USB Hard drive. That
seems silly or am I doing something silly?
Click to expand...

Ted said:
Windows Backup does not backup to USB (or Firewire) hard drives.
Click to expand...

Shenan said:
Eh?

Windows XP Backup Made Easy
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/learnmore/bott_03july14.mspx

"Instead, your best bet is to click Browse and choose any of the following
locations:
...
. An external hard disk drive. USB and IEEE 1394 or FireWire drives have
dropped in price lately. Consider getting a 40 GB or larger drive and
dedicating it for use as a backup device."

And that was back in 2003. Was this ability removed? Or is the article
just wrong?
Click to expand...
That is what I was wondering myself. I have just upgraded from
Win98SE, took my Win XP CD (incl. SP2), found Windows backup there
and downloaded it. However the dropdown window does not give me
any other options except those mentioned -:(

On the subject of third party freeware I am struggling. . Ideally I
would like synch software that would be able to synch between three
folders, one of them being central one on this external drive and the two
others on two PCs. in other words the central one would be able to synch
in both directions with each PC when connected to it.
Click to expand...

Microsoft SyncToy
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...54-C975-4814-9649-CCE41AF06EB7&displaylang=en
( Shorter Link: http://snipurl.com/ju5i )

Albeit not automatic - you could schedule it with scheduled tasks or run it
manually easily enough.
 
Ted Zieglar said:
Right you are, and my apologies to the OP.

From the Help and Support Center: "The backup storage medium can be a
logical drive such as your hard drive, or a separate storage device such
as
a removable disk..."
Click to expand...
If it should detect any external drive including USB hard drive then there
must be something wrong with my software because it does not. It does not
even recognise my logical D: drive but it does list Floppy and ZIP drive.
divoch
 
Shenan Stanley said:
Microsoft SyncToy
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...54-C975-4814-9649-CCE41AF06EB7&displaylang=en
( Shorter Link: http://snipurl.com/ju5i )

Albeit not automatic - you could schedule it with scheduled tasks or run
it manually easily enough.
Click to expand...

I looked at that just today but it can synchronise only between two folders,
not three. I could keep my ext. hard drive data in synch with, say desktop
and vice versa but I could not also keep Laptop in sync with ext. hard drive
data of the same kind, e.g. OE store folder or Favorites
divoch
 
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