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| Thread ID: 57189 | 2005-04-26 00:18:00 | Back up app questions. | Cicero (40) | PC World Chat |
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| 348859 | 2005-04-26 11:31:00 | I've tried lots of different ways, the best way I've found is to use explorer/My Computer and select the files that need to be backed up. If you want a full data backup I would burn this "C:\Documents and Settings" to a DVD. Hopefully all your files/photos/emails/just-about-everything will be in there. | Rob99 (151) | ||
| 348860 | 2005-04-26 11:58:00 | I was looking for a decent back up system,so as to transfer to disc prior to reformatting,due a loss of sound. Would I be better you use ghost for this?If you use Ghost in this manner, then you will be copying back the identical system with the sound issue. Ghost makes a mirror image of your hard drive, pimples and all. It is used to clone a drive (copy one drive to another) or to provide a full snapshot backup of your entire system. It is not designed primarily for data backup that doesn't include the OS as well. You can use it to replace a broken OS from a known good working Ghost image. This way you can have a working OS looking exactly like it did (programs, docs, everything) when the image was saved. It only takes about 15-20 mins to restore this image to the hard drive again. You will still lose anything that was added after that image was created. Because of this, you should make a new image each month. It will need to be saved on a DVD/CD or on a different partition (separate slave hard drive is best) as you cannot save it on the partition that you are making an image of. It looks to me like you want a basic data backup program for emails, personal files etc and not the entire OS and installed programs. XP has a built in native backup utiltiy, which is not installed by default in XP Home. You can install this yourself from the installation CD. You make a backup and save it to the hard drive, then copy the saved backup file to CD/DVD. Instructions on how to install this program can be found here (support.microsoft.com). Some people don't like the MS Backup Utility, but it is free and you already have it handy. It might be what you are looking for if this is only required for a one off task. The other option is to manually hunt through the system and compile your own backup CD. There is a PressF1 FAQ (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz ) on this. |
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| 348861 | 2005-04-27 03:22:00 | Thank you Jen for your detailed response. Rob,thank you also. From the info given I will try to resolve the above and will let you know how I get on. |
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