Hello all. I read somewhere that the old Windows Backup program, while not
installed, remains on the XP CD. However, I cannot recall where it is, nor
can exploring the disk find it.
Anyone know if this is true, and where, exactly, it is and what it's called?
Many thanks!

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LMO
21st Century Schizoid Man

I'm sorry. I forgot to say I have XP Pro, but it was not installed on my
system, but I have the retail disk. Can I find and install a backup prog on
the XP Pro disk? It is not in ValueAdd/MSFT. There is no backup directory.
Thanks.

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LMO
21st Century Schizoid Man
"Harry Ohrn" <harry---@webtree.ca> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> NTBackup is installed by default on XP Pro and is located in
> Accessories->System Tools->Backup. However it must be installed manually
if
> you use XP Home. You can find it on the CD in the \VALUEADD\MSFT\NTBACKUP
> directory
>
> It has several limitations including: it can not open .QIC files created
> with earlier versions of Backup found on Windows 9x/Me systems; it can not
> split files; it can not backup directly to CD or DVD Writers; the version
> that ships with XP Home can not create Automated System Recovery (ASR)
> --
>
> Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
> www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
>
>
> "GPC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hello all. I read somewhere that the old Windows Backup program, while
not
> > installed, remains on the XP CD. However, I cannot recall where it is,
nor
> > can exploring the disk find it.
> > Anyone know if this is true, and where, exactly, it is and what it's
> called?
> > Many thanks!
> >
> > --
> > LMO
> > 21st Century Schizoid Man
> >
> >
>
>

Have you looked here \windows\system32\ntbackup.exe on your system? Perhaps
the shortcut in the Start->Accessories->System Tools folder was accidentally
deleted.

However if it is not installed then extract the file from your CD to the
above location and place a shortcut to it in your Start->Accessories->System
Tools folder

Pop the XP CD into the drive and go to Start ->Run and type (where "x" is
your CD-Rom drive letter)

expand x:\i386\ntbackup.ex_ c:\windows\system32\ntbackup.exe

You might also want to do the same for the Help file as follows

expand x:\i386\ntbackup.hl_ c:\windows\Help\ntbackup.hlp


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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"GPC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> I'm sorry. I forgot to say I have XP Pro, but it was not installed on my
> system, but I have the retail disk. Can I find and install a backup prog
on
> the XP Pro disk? It is not in ValueAdd/MSFT. There is no backup directory.
> Thanks.
>
> --
> LMO
> 21st Century Schizoid Man
> "Harry Ohrn" <harry---@webtree.ca> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > NTBackup is installed by default on XP Pro and is located in
> > Accessories->System Tools->Backup. However it must be installed manually
> if
> > you use XP Home. You can find it on the CD in the
\VALUEADD\MSFT\NTBACKUP
> > directory
> >
> > It has several limitations including: it can not open .QIC files created
> > with earlier versions of Backup found on Windows 9x/Me systems; it can
not
> > split files; it can not backup directly to CD or DVD Writers; the
version
> > that ships with XP Home can not create Automated System Recovery (ASR)
> > --
> >
> > Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
> > www.webtree.ca/windowsxp
> >
> >
> > "GPC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> > news:%(E-Mail Removed)...
> > > Hello all. I read somewhere that the old Windows Backup program, while
> not
> > > installed, remains on the XP CD. However, I cannot recall where it is,
> nor
> > > can exploring the disk find it.
> > > Anyone know if this is true, and where, exactly, it is and what it's
> > called?
> > > Many thanks!
> > >
> > > --
> > > LMO
> > > 21st Century Schizoid Man
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
>