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Ray Smith

I would like to find out how to backup my hard drive to
another computer on my home network, it's probably
staring me in the face but i can't see it!
 
You can't just backup your entire drive in xp because system files that are
in use cannot be copied.

You may need to look at a program like Norton Ghost and make sure you get a
version that is network savvy. You have to run it from diskette in dos in
order to do the entire hard drive.
 
I would like to find out how to backup my hard drive to
another computer on my home network, it's probably
staring me in the face but i can't see it!
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Hi, Ray!
Get True Image from http://www.acronis.co.uk/index.asp
It is a superb software to save your whole system to image files.
You won't need to run it from DOS which does not exist any longer under
XP. True Image is run from a bootable CD when a restore is needed.
Currently it is the best value for money backup solution for XP.
True Image can save to Zips, CDs, external drives, etc.
 
DOS which does not exist any longer under
XP.
Cheers,
Robert
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Surely you can't really believe that DOS doesn't exist in XP.

There is a Command Prompt in XP. All of the old DOS commands still work in
that command prompt. Kinda sounds like DOS to me.

Old DOS programs can still be made to run in DOS. Kinda sounds like DOS to
me.

ALL Microsoft system files are STILL limited to 8 keystrokes because they
have to load on a DOS level. Kinda sounds like DOS to me.

I could go on and on, but.......

Microsoft would have you believe, ( and has published the notion, ) that DOS
no longer exists in XP but if you believe it..............well, that is
another matter.

Microsoft XP is not an operating system. It is a GUI riding on, ( even
though it is using the NT interface, )........guess what? DOS!

Would you now like to revise your statement above? :-)
 
DOS which does not exist any longer under

Surely you can't really believe that DOS doesn't exist in XP.

There is a Command Prompt in XP. All of the old DOS commands still
work in that command prompt. Kinda sounds like DOS to me.

Old DOS programs can still be made to run in DOS. Kinda sounds like
DOS to me.

ALL Microsoft system files are STILL limited to 8 keystrokes because
they have to load on a DOS level. Kinda sounds like DOS to me.

I could go on and on, but.......

Microsoft would have you believe, ( and has published the notion, )
that DOS no longer exists in XP but if you believe
it..............well, that is another matter.

Microsoft XP is not an operating system. It is a GUI riding on, (
even though it is using the NT interface, )........guess what? DOS!

Would you now like to revise your statement above? :-)
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Hi!
This is what YOU choose to believe...
 
Did I misstate something or are all of my references to DOS with regard to
XP in error?
 
Did I misstate something or are all of my references to DOS with
regard to XP in error?

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Hi!
This is what YOU choose to believe...
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Hi!
If you cannot bring yourself to trust what Microsoft and all available
expert advice tell you, there isn't much to talk about. But let's give
it a shot...
1) Previous Windows OSes (3.1 and 9.x, plus Me) ran on a DOS base with
such SYSTEM files as io.sys, msdos.sys, command.com, config.sys,
autoexec.bat. You don't find these on a Windows XP system, except
config.sys and autoexec.bat for compatibility reasons, i.e. to allow
old "legacy" applications to run.
Windows XP uses entirely different SYSTEM files such as NTLDR,
BOOT.INI, NTDETECT.COM.

2) The Command Prompt in Windows XP seemingly includes DOS commands but
these are only EMULATED DOS commands. They don't work at the same deep
level as DOS commands used to work in former systems. A clear example
of this is the use of partitioning and formatting commands under
Windows XP. You will be much better off partitioning and formatting
from the bootable XP CD than trying to use related DOS commands (FDISK,
FORMAT.COM) which are actually no longer available, especially when it
comes to the native Windows XP file system which is NTFS. You can still
use FAT32 but it is only for "legacy" reasons (with multi-boot systems
including Windows 9x systems). NTFS is the native XP file system.
"Legacy" DOS commands cannot deal with NTFS.
3) I am running an old GWBASIC program on XP Home! I was surprised that
it worked at all but this does not mean that Windows XP is based on a
DOS architecture. Support for this GWBASIC program is only emulated.
4) Microsoft system files might still be limited to 8 keystrokes but
again this is only for compatibility reasons.
5) If it weren't for compatibility reasons, Windows XP would perfectly
run without any of the former DOS commands. You can still write batch
files under XP but you'd be better off writing scripts.
6) You will never find a "Reboot to MS-DOS" command in Windows XP
simply because it would not make sense. There is no DOS foundation to
reboot to...
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