Jump to content

Windows XP Backup


Recommended Posts

Guest Heidi
Posted

I am trying to use Windows XP backup. In the article "Windows XP Backup Made

Easy" by Ed Bott, he says that if you choose the My documents and setting

option that your e-mail messages and address book will be preserved. I have

done a backup and looked at it through restore and I don't see where the

e-mails are backed up or how to choose them to be restored.

 

I would like to be able to schedule the backups so they occur automatically,

but when I try to choose a Later time for the backup, I get the following

error:

 

An error has occurred while attempting to set task account information. The

specific error is: 0x80070005: Access is denied. You do not have permission

to perform the requested operation.

 

This would seem to indicate I do not have administrative rights to set up

the task. The article did not indicate that there were any special

requirements to do this.

 

If anyone can answer these questions, I would appreciate it.

  • Replies 9
  • Created
  • Last Reply
Guest R. McCarty
Posted

Re: Windows XP Backup

 

I looked at Ed's article and the one thing that is misleading is that a

backup of My Documents will not cover items like IE Favorites &

Desktop ( If you store items there ) along with Email. The "Settings"

option will backup email account settings but I'm not sure about the

actual existing data stores. Windows stores data for each profile in

the Documents and Settings folder tree. Different pieces of data are

found outside the basic "My Documents" sub-folder. It's kind of

hard to explain in a simple NG posting.

 

To schedule and Authorize Tasks, your account needs a password or

the Administrator account ( Which normally has a NULL or empty

password ) needs one. To Windows an account without a password

is considered a security risk.

 

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

news:017617D9-D273-45EB-B10B-88BC9ED58E0C@microsoft.com...

>I am trying to use Windows XP backup. In the article "Windows XP Backup

>Made

> Easy" by Ed Bott, he says that if you choose the My documents and setting

> option that your e-mail messages and address book will be preserved. I

> have

> done a backup and looked at it through restore and I don't see where the

> e-mails are backed up or how to choose them to be restored.

>

> I would like to be able to schedule the backups so they occur

> automatically,

> but when I try to choose a Later time for the backup, I get the following

> error:

>

> An error has occurred while attempting to set task account information.

> The

> specific error is: 0x80070005: Access is denied. You do not have

> permission

> to perform the requested operation.

>

> This would seem to indicate I do not have administrative rights to set up

> the task. The article did not indicate that there were any special

> requirements to do this.

>

> If anyone can answer these questions, I would appreciate it.

>

>

Guest philo
Posted

Re: Windows XP Backup

 

 

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

news:017617D9-D273-45EB-B10B-88BC9ED58E0C@microsoft.com...

> I am trying to use Windows XP backup. In the article "Windows XP Backup

Made

> Easy" by Ed Bott, he says that if you choose the My documents and setting

> option that your e-mail messages and address book will be preserved. I

have

> done a backup and looked at it through restore and I don't see where the

> e-mails are backed up or how to choose them to be restored.

>

> I would like to be able to schedule the backups so they occur

automatically,

> but when I try to choose a Later time for the backup, I get the following

> error:

>

> An error has occurred while attempting to set task account information.

The

> specific error is: 0x80070005: Access is denied. You do not have

permission

> to perform the requested operation.

>

> This would seem to indicate I do not have administrative rights to set up

> the task. The article did not indicate that there were any special

> requirements to do this.

>

> If anyone can answer these questions, I would appreciate it.

>

>

 

 

I suggest not using MS backup...

it's probably one of the worst utilites Windows has

Posted

Re: Windows XP Backup

 

"philo" <philo@privacy.net> wrote:

>I suggest not using MS backup...

>it's probably one of the worst utilites Windows has

 

Nice. No reasons why. No recommendation for what else to use.

 

Idiot.

Guest Big Al
Posted

Re: Windows XP Backup

 

Heidi wrote:

> I am trying to use Windows XP backup. In the article "Windows XP Backup Made

> Easy" by Ed Bott, he says that if you choose the My documents and setting

> option that your e-mail messages and address book will be preserved. I have

> done a backup and looked at it through restore and I don't see where the

> e-mails are backed up or how to choose them to be restored.

>

> I would like to be able to schedule the backups so they occur automatically,

> but when I try to choose a Later time for the backup, I get the following

> error:

>

> An error has occurred while attempting to set task account information. The

> specific error is: 0x80070005: Access is denied. You do not have permission

> to perform the requested operation.

>

> This would seem to indicate I do not have administrative rights to set up

> the task. The article did not indicate that there were any special

> requirements to do this.

>

> If anyone can answer these questions, I would appreciate it.

>

>

Schedule requires login & password for any scheduled jobs.

I use an old copy of 'Backup My PC' I got as one of those 3rd party

freebees that added onto a CD Rom I bought. Its old but works. Its

flexible, but there are a good number of them out there, just google

'backup software'. Whatever you get, make sure it works before you

rely on it. Backup something, move it aside and try to restore the

whole thing, part of it, and maybe even restore to another folder. I

do this a lot when restoring after a XP reload. I make a folder

C:\OLDDRIVE and reload the entire backup to this folder. Then I can

pick and choose the files to restore. It also restores the directory

tree too. That's a biggie. Any software that can do all this is

okay. But test before you crash one day. Most people test the

restore after the fact, too late.

Guest Xandros
Posted

Re: Windows XP Backup

 

You may wish to struggle with the NT Backup program, which is a POS for

several reasons but if you want to create backups easily and reliably check

out the Acronis TrueImage 11 application. It works very well http://www.acronis.com

 

 

--

 

Xandros

 

 

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

news:017617D9-D273-45EB-B10B-88BC9ED58E0C@microsoft.com...

>I am trying to use Windows XP backup. In the article "Windows XP Backup

>Made

> Easy" by Ed Bott, he says that if you choose the My documents and setting

> option that your e-mail messages and address book will be preserved. I

> have

> done a backup and looked at it through restore and I don't see where the

> e-mails are backed up or how to choose them to be restored.

>

> I would like to be able to schedule the backups so they occur

> automatically,

> but when I try to choose a Later time for the backup, I get the following

> error:

>

> An error has occurred while attempting to set task account information.

> The

> specific error is: 0x80070005: Access is denied. You do not have

> permission

> to perform the requested operation.

>

> This would seem to indicate I do not have administrative rights to set up

> the task. The article did not indicate that there were any special

> requirements to do this.

>

> If anyone can answer these questions, I would appreciate it.

>

>

Posted

Re: Windows XP Backup

 

"Xandros" <arron.neus*remove*@gmai.lcom> wrote:

>You may wish to struggle with the NT Backup program, which is a POS for

>several reasons but if you want to create backups easily and reliably check

>out the Acronis TrueImage 11 application. It works very well http://www.acronis.com

 

Refer folks to newegg.com

 

It's a lot cheaper there.

  • 2 months later...
Guest tcarp
Posted

Re: Windows XP Backup

 

> Refer folks to newegg.com

>

> It's a lot cheaper there.

 

Unbelievable!!!! I've been messing with the trial version as part of my

education and it lists for $50. This is almost 40% cheaper!

 

Tom

Guest Big_Al
Posted

Re: Windows XP Backup

 

tcarp wrote:

>> Refer folks to newegg.com

>>

>> It's a lot cheaper there.

>

> Unbelievable!!!! I've been messing with the trial version as part of my

> education and it lists for $50. This is almost 40% cheaper!

>

> Tom

 

Can you repeat the program you are referring to. The first part of

this thread is missing or not referenced, at least in my reader.

Thanks.

Guest tcarp
Posted

Re: Windows XP Backup

 

 

It's True Image Home v11.

 

I've been very active in the forums lately getting some basic education on

backups, etc. Not surprisingly there are a lot of opinion on the approaches,

etc. which has been useful but it ultimately comes down to my understanding

my needs and then picking a good utility.

 

I've been using a trial version of TI Home and it will take care of most of

my needs. And for $30.49 its a great price.

 

Tom

"Big_Al" wrote:

> tcarp wrote:

> >> Refer folks to newegg.com

> >>

> >> It's a lot cheaper there.

> >

> > Unbelievable!!!! I've been messing with the trial version as part of my

> > education and it lists for $50. This is almost 40% cheaper!

> >

> > Tom

>

> Can you repeat the program you are referring to. The first part of

> this thread is missing or not referenced, at least in my reader.

> Thanks.

>


×
×
  • Create New...