The backup utility with my version of WinNT (4.0, SP6)
will not run because I don't have a tape drive (!?!). What
if I want to back up the system disk to another hard
drive? Is there a way to do this without purchasing Norton
Ghost or other 3rd party backup utility?

BTW, all the links I try to follow on the Microsoft web
site to get to NT support/communities/etc ultimately take
me to Win2000 pages - why is that? Is NT 4.0 considered a
variant of Win2000?

Windows NT is at the end of its product lifecycle.

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/lif...vicepacks.mspx

The version of NTBackup included with Windows NT Server 4.0 and Windows NT
Workstation 4.0 do not support backing up to a file. You may wish to post
to the microsoft.public.windowsnt.* groups for questions about windows NT.
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Server Setup Team

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"Bill Forbes" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:007001c3b6a5$342bf160$(E-Mail Removed)...
: The backup utility with my version of WinNT (4.0, SP6)
: will not run because I don't have a tape drive (!?!). What
: if I want to back up the system disk to another hard
: drive? Is there a way to do this without purchasing Norton
: Ghost or other 3rd party backup utility?
:
: BTW, all the links I try to follow on the Microsoft web
: site to get to NT support/communities/etc ultimately take
: me to Win2000 pages - why is that? Is NT 4.0 considered a
: variant of Win2000?

"Bill Forbes" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:007001c3b6a5$342bf160$(E-Mail Removed)...
> The backup utility with my version of WinNT (4.0, SP6)
> will not run because I don't have a tape drive (!?!). What
> if I want to back up the system disk to another hard
> drive? Is there a way to do this without purchasing Norton
> Ghost or other 3rd party backup utility?
>
> BTW, all the links I try to follow on the Microsoft web
> site to get to NT support/communities/etc ultimately take
> me to Win2000 pages - why is that? Is NT 4.0 considered a
> variant of Win2000?

If you don't want to spend any money then you must expend
some time: Install your WinNT disk as a slave disk in some
Win2000 PC, then use xcopy.exe with the appropriate
switches to copy the WinNT stuff to some storage area.