Re: Windows XP Backup Utility
- From: PeeGee <triessuk@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 04 Jun 2008 22:24:40 +0100
Philip Herlihy wrote:
Nick Le Lievre wrote:"Philip Herlihy" <thiswillbounceback@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:g25udn$mg8$1$8300dec7@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Nick Le Lievre wrote:
>> I`ve been asked to create a backup of documents and settings by my sister,
>> to store on an external hard drive.
>>
>> The documents and settings folder is at least 60gb but when I selected all
>> the folders I wanted backed up and started the job the resulting backup file
>> was 1.7gb ??
>>
>
> You did study the Report, didn't you? Sometimes files get skipped...
>
> You could try exploring the archive folder by folder, looking for
> samples of files in various places.
>
I have 1 more question, I now have a 70GB Windows Backup File, should the main hard drive go in this Dell PC and its out of warranty I guess my brother in law will buy a new hard drive and take it into work to get it installed, and I guess they will put a version of Windows XP back on it, it has Media Centre Edition at the moment but I`m not sure if they have kept the Dell MCE CD which would be handy in case the c:\ drive does go.
As long as they can get a version of Windows XP reinstalled on the machine in case of a catashtrophic failure then they should be able to use the XP Backup Utility to restore from the file it has created, but lets say for example they went out and bought a new PC, is the Vista equivalent Backup Utility compatible with files created with the XP Backup Utility, I`d hate for them to have a backup file they can't use in future in case the worst happens.
Best thing to do is to use a disk imaging program (eg. Acronis True Image, available cheaply on Amazon). That takes a complete snapshot of a partition, allowing you to apply it to a replacement disk, which should then boot as normal. The time saved doing this, instead of reinstalling windows and all your apps, can be considerable.
Yes, "backup strategy" is a big subject. My ideal is to have one system partition, occasionally imaged, for Windows and applications, and a separate partition for data, backed up with occasional baseline ("normal") backups and daily Differentials (my preference). Windows allows you to redirect My Documents to another place, but ideally you'd want to redirect your whole profile (including hidden folders like Application Data, Favorites and so on. You can achieve this through junction points. Some applications insist on storing data outside your profile, though.
Phil, London
I have moved both data and profiles to a separate partition. It requires a bit of fiddling including editing the registry for each profile and is best done at the initial install.
You can also edit the value of
HKLM\software\microsoft\windows nt\current version\profilelist\profilesdirectory
before creating users, but need to move allusers and default users to the same directory - the rest can be left where they are.
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