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52545	2002-06-05 05:12:00	Please excuse my ignorance but I would very much like to heed the advice I see so often in this forum and back up my system so that in the event of a crash I can restore. I have a CD Writer and run W98 SE Obviously the CDR's have a limited capacity (700mb)and therefore I guess one needs to pick out the critical system files and save these although the optimum would be to back up the whole of the hard drives.Are the critical files the files found in C:Windows ? Do I just simply copy these? If a crash occurs what does one have to do to restore the system to pre crash status? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Brian	Guest (0)
52546	2002-06-05 10:50:00	The first item you mentioned - a PC crash might be recovered if this link has been done service4.symantec.com or support.microsoft.com - but even a registry backup is not 100% effective. Usually reloading Windows 98 over the top of a broken system will get it back to some degree. Backup is a matter of personal preference. The extreme case is when the hard drive is stolen or destroyed. If this event were to occur, what is there on the PC that you would like to have saved? On mine, I don't care about the operating system - it can be reloaded. I do want copies of my saved mail, documents, downloaded files from the internet, internet favorites. As your preference may differ - what is it that you would like to retrieve, if the PC were destroyed?	Guest (0)
52547	2002-06-05 19:02:00	Thanks Marty Brian	Guest (0)
52548	2002-06-06 05:32:00	And the other aspect of backing up which is often forgotten: DO NOT keep the backups in the same place as the computer. If someone burgles the house and steals a computer, they are likely to grab any disks near it too ...	Guest (0)
52549	2002-06-06 06:37:00	In my (too recent!) experience a Start-Up disk is essential. To make one go to Start|Settings|Control Panel|Add/Remove programs|Start-Up disk|Create Disk. Follow the instructions and make sure you label it, including the date. It's a good idea to make a new one after you've added new hardware or a lot of software to your PC. If your PC does a major belly-up like mine did a few weeks ago and you aren't able to boot in Safe Mode, you can reboot it with the startup disk. You press F8 as soon as the 'Windows 98 is Starting' appears. If F8 doesn't work, try the Ctrl key. From the list of options presented choose the DOS prompt and type: cd windows and press Enter. Next you type: scanreg /restore and press Enter. You will be given a list of five backups to choose from - usually the latest one will do. Just follow the instructions from there and you should be back in business. This method is dependent upon you having a good registry backup available of course, and to make sure that Windows is creating one for you everyday, check here: Start|Run and type: msconfig Under the Startup tab there should be an entry 'ScanRegistry' ticked. If there is that's good. As for other things to back up, you really only need to worry about your own personal files that you have created. This includes your address book, favorites folder, emails and files/programs you have downloaded from the internet (to save you having to find them again). Some good pages to look at are here: <www.cnet.com <www.pcnineoneone.com Good 'housekeeping' is essential for easy backing up and some tips can be found at the latter link. I did have another good link but I can't find it now. I'll post it later if it turns up. Programs, including Windows itself, that you have the disks for don't need to be backed up on your PC as they can be restored if necessary from the original disks. If you make sure you backup your files regularly, particularly before installing new hardware or programs, keep your hard drive clear of junk and scan and defrag regularly the chances of disaster are pretty remote. Disaster being losing all your valuable data.	Guest (0)
52550	2002-06-06 07:24:00	brian, I think what you really need is nortons ghost.Fits on a floppy and runs from dos.If you have your harddisk partitioned it's a 10 minute job to image the operating system onto d:\drive or if you get norton ghost 2002,onto a cdr.You can compress the image to fit about a gb onto one cd,or bridge over 2 cd's.the only thing to remember is partition to image,and not partition to partition.Ive used it maybe 50 times,never misses,try downloading from onlyisos found using google search engine.the dos commands are a bit obscure to begin with but it will allways double check' asking you if you want to proceed.It wont let you ghost the partition you are useing ghost on,so it's safe so long as you remember to not 'partition to partition'.If the download at onlyisos doesnt work check around or buy it if you can afford.It's worth it.ten minutes to put your system back defragged and ready to go'may need to update the antivirus.	Guest (0)
52551	2002-06-06 07:24:00	brian, I think what you really need is nortons ghost.Fits on a floppy and runs from dos.If you have your harddisk partitioned it's a 10 minute job to image the operating system onto d:\drive or if you get norton ghost 2002,onto a cdr.You can compress the image to fit about a gb onto one cd,or bridge over 2 cd's.the only thing to remember is partition to image,and not partition to partition.Ive used it maybe 50 times,never misses,try downloading from onlyisos found using google search engine.the dos commands are a bit obscure to begin with but it will allways double check' asking you if you want to proceed.It wont let you ghost the partition you are useing ghost on,so it's safe so long as you remember to not 'partition to partition'.If the download at onlyisos doesnt work check around or buy it if you can afford.It's worth it.ten minutes to put your system back defragged and ready to go'may need to update the antivirus.	Guest (0)
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