XP-PRO's Back-Up Program

[Guest Romeo]

Can anyone tell me if XP's Back-Up program is efficient? I have seen where

people have "thought" they had a back-up and something was wrong with it.

 

Also, Can this back-up program be accomplished to an external NTFS drive

rather than the A drive that I recall?

 

Thank you in advance and if anyone has any special pointers I would be

grateful.

 

OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional

Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600

OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

System Name MONEYPIT

System Manufacturer Dell Inc.

System Model Dell XPS720

System Type X86-based PC

Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~2400 Mhz

Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~2400 Mhz

Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~2400 Mhz

Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~2400 Mhz

BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A05, 1/3/2008

SMBIOS Version 2.3

Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS

System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32

Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2

Locale United States

Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2705 (xpsp.050622-1524)"

User Name MONEYPIT\Karen

Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time

Total Physical Memory 4,096.00 MB

Available Physical Memory 2.08 GB

Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB

Available Virtual Memory 1.94 GB

Page File Space 4.84 GB

Page File C:\pagefile.sys

[Guest Colin Barnhorst]

Re: XP-PRO's Back-Up Program

 

If you are looking to back up everything ntbackup is not the program to use.

It is not a full-featured backup program. It is not as efficient as

third-party solutions. Consider a much better backup solution like Acronis

True Image. It is not expensive.

 

"Romeo" <Romeo@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message

news:876CAE97-E9BA-4EBB-B6F9-5A1FEE2C75EB@microsoft.com...

> Can anyone tell me if XP's Back-Up program is efficient? I have seen

> where

> people have "thought" they had a back-up and something was wrong with it.

>

> Also, Can this back-up program be accomplished to an external NTFS drive

> rather than the A drive that I recall?

>

> Thank you in advance and if anyone has any special pointers I would be

> grateful.

>

> OS Name Microsoft Windows XP Professional

> Version 5.1.2600 Service Pack 2 Build 2600

> OS Manufacturer Microsoft Corporation

> System Name MONEYPIT

> System Manufacturer Dell Inc.

> System Model Dell XPS720

> System Type X86-based PC

> Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~2400 Mhz

> Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~2400 Mhz

> Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~2400 Mhz

> Processor x86 Family 6 Model 15 Stepping 7 GenuineIntel ~2400 Mhz

> BIOS Version/Date Dell Inc. A05, 1/3/2008

> SMBIOS Version 2.3

> Windows Directory C:\WINDOWS

> System Directory C:\WINDOWS\system32

> Boot Device \Device\HarddiskVolume2

> Locale United States

> Hardware Abstraction Layer Version = "5.1.2600.2705 (xpsp.050622-1524)"

> User Name MONEYPIT\Karen

> Time Zone Eastern Daylight Time

> Total Physical Memory 4,096.00 MB

> Available Physical Memory 2.08 GB

> Total Virtual Memory 2.00 GB

> Available Virtual Memory 1.94 GB

> Page File Space 4.84 GB

> Page File C:\pagefile.sys

>

[Guest Daave]

Re: XP-PRO's Back-Up Program

 

Romeo wrote:

> Can anyone tell me if XP's Back-Up program is efficient? I have seen

> where people have "thought" they had a back-up and something was

> wrong with it.

>

> Also, Can this back-up program be accomplished to an external NTFS

> drive rather than the A drive that I recall?

 

If *all* you're interested in is regularly backing up files to an

external source (such as an external NTFS drive), then NTBACKUP will

work fine. If you're interested in backing *everything* up, I would

recommend imaging software such as Acronis True Image. Sure, you *could*

try using NTBACKUP and also back up the System State and use a floppy,

etc., but that's a pain! Seriously, use something like Acronis.

[Guest Holz]

Re: XP-PRO's Back-Up Program

 

 

 

On Fri, 21 Mar 2008 13:02:16 -0400

"Daave" <dcwashNOSPAM@myrealboxXYZ.invalid> wrote:

>recommend imaging software such as Acronis True Image. Sure, you

>*could* try using NTBACKUP and also back up the System State and use a

>floppy, etc., but that's a pain! Seriously, use something like Acronis.

 

I second that.

 

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