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465528	2006-06-24 11:47:00	Jen, can I auction this handbag off on PF1 now please? :p LOL :D	stu161204 (123)
465529	2006-06-24 11:52:00	Jen, can I auction this handbag off on PF1 now please? :p I can do a swap for a used bikini :D	Shortcircuit (1666)
465530	2006-06-24 12:14:00	I use Cobian Backup 7 - in my opinion it's one of the better Windows-based backup packages I have used (and it's free). Among other things, it supports incremental backups, scheduling, compression and encryption. It can also just do a direct copy of the target directory. Whatever backup software you end up using though, make sure it supports incremental backups - these will save you a LOT of time. Cobian backup also runs as a service, so you don't need to be logged on for it to work. It can be administered / run from either the local PC or a remote PC. You may need to allow it through your firewall (even if only working locally) as the GUI communicates with the service via TCP/IP, and some firewalls will block this. Don't use the backup tool built into Windows if you can avoid it - this tool sometimes has issues with restoring backup sets. If you're feeling a little geekish though, you could set up rsync... Any backup tool you use should support scheduling. As far as a destination for the data goes, you can't beat a removable HDD or file server. If you go down the optical media route you will have to make a point of doing it manually - and this is easy to forget. Whatever you do, make sure your data is backed up. You don't ever need them until the day something goes wrong, but when it does - if you haven't backed up you're in for a very rough time (speaking from experience - a friend lost his last 6 years of work when his laptop was stolen).	Erayd (23)
465531	2006-06-24 15:51:00	Wait until your comp gets hit by lightning :eek: Nero has a good back-up utility, although Nero's not free (that I know of) chances are you'll have a copy if you bought a DVD drive recently . Your computer dosen't need to be hit by lightning . Lightning only needs to strike near a phone line in your neighbourhood to send a fatal surge down the line and fry your circuts . :eek: Re Nero OEM: I got one of them recently and 'backup is an option that has to be purchased seperatly . :(	Vince (406)
465532	2006-06-24 16:04:00	<Whacks MTLance very hard around the ear with handbag> Hopefully that will knock some sense into you because that is one of the most inaccurate and dangerous posts I have seen here for a very long time . You really should be very careful about what "advice" you give to people as you could cause a lot of grief by posting misinformation . :annoyed: I agree! I lost most of the contents of 'My Documents' recently because I didn't BACKUP?! It realy does seem to happen to everyone eventually . :o	Vince (406)
465533	2006-06-25 01:50:00	Your computer dosen't need to be hit by lightning . Lightning only needs to strike near a phone line in your neighbourhood to send a fatal surge down the line and fry your circuts . :eek: Re Nero OEM: I got one of them recently and 'backup is an option that has to be purchased seperatly . :( Yep, believe me it CAN happen . Vince, you might not want to hear this, but when I bought my Liteon DVD it came with the whole Nero 6 program including back-up utility, sorry yours didn't come with it :(	Shortcircuit (1666)
465534	2006-06-25 03:48:00	Thanks for your help people . Like shortcircuit mentioned that Nero 6 has a backup utility and I have Nero 6 on my computer (it came with my Liteon DVD) . It has a backup utility which seems like a good one to use . Funny I didnt know it had a backup utility untill now . . LOL . cheers	ronyville (10611)
465535	2006-06-25 04:19:00	You only need backups for the week after a disk crash. After that, you just lapse into your old bad habits. "Lightning can't strike in the same place twice". BOOM. :D	Graham L (2)
465536	2006-06-25 04:22:00	Ok two stupid questions here How do you access xp back up utility........as i understand its not a default thing, you have to set it up ?? or something? i remember asking bout this before but cannot recal the answer..... and is the nero utility accessed off the installed prog or off the disk it comes on? cos i dont know where mine is......cd that is..... beetle	beetle (243)
465537	2006-06-25 07:45:00	Ok two stupid questions here How do you access xp back up utility........as i understand its not a default thing, you have to set it up ?? or something? i remember asking bout this before but cannot recal the answer..... and is the nero utility accessed off the installed prog or off the disk it comes on? cos i dont know where mine is......cd that is..... beetle The XP backup is as follows: Click on Start> all programs> accessories> system tools> backup. Can't say I've ever used the XP one beetle. I've just had a look at the install for Nero. If you clicked on 'install suite' from the Nero CD you should have the backup part. Have a look in the XP program list: start> all programs> Nero> then it should have a separate listing for backup under that menu or might just say 'nero oem' or similar (sorry, haven't got it installed at the mo). Click on one or the other and you should be ready to backup. Just for you beetle I just installed Nero. Once you've installed 'Nero suite' from the CD go to start> all programs> Nero> Nero OEM> Nero Backitup Easy eh? :D	Shortcircuit (1666)
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