Hello and thanks for your help. I'm clueless on lots of
stuff, but not so foolhearty as to ever go on-line
without my Nortons' Systemsworks operational and going
directly to them for live update before ever signing on
to Eudora or any browser. I don't put a floppy from
another computer into my machine...ever....and do not
allow anyone else to do that. I have no idea how blaster
got in, but that is where I am today. My ISP told me to
get the patch and then run the Norton remove. That's
where I am right now. As for the backup, it is still
inoperable...this is the current situation:
I've discovered that the backup does NOT install at
initial XP loading. It's on the disk, but you have to
stumble across that fact from someone other than MS. So,
I finally found it and loaded the backup function. Went
to do the advanced backup (save everything on my PC.) XP
wants me to do backup to floppies! so I select the "save
to a designated file." Selected E drive to write to CD-R
and the system came back..."E drive not accessible." The
E drive works fine otherwise, but not here. Anyone know
how to do XP backup and save the backup to the E/CD-R
drive? I note that the backup software forces me to the
desktop and that the E drive does not show up on my
desktop...don't know why it shows up on My Computer, but
not on Desktop. Could this be part of the problem? I
sure don't want to try to do backup to floppies. Thanks,
Tom
>1. tom, you are CLUELESS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>now, that we got that out of the way:
>2. Start / Programs / Accessories / System Tools /
Backup (some OEM
>versions of XP don't come with NTBACKUP)
>3. What media are you planning on backing up your
system to? ...tapes,
>another har-drive (local or another machine), DVD, etc?
>4. Installing the patches won't fix the problem - it's
after the fact. You
>need to unplug the machine from the net and use a
removal tool
>(www.symantec.com - search for MSblast).
>5. Install the patches.
>6. Invest in AntiVirus software.
>7. Invest in a Firewall.
>
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>"tom" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:199ed01c3875a$022dd3b0$(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I'm on a WinXP PC and have been experiencing aborts
>> trying to connect to my ISP server for a while now.
Today
>> the number of aborts experienced was aggravating enough
>> to call my ISP and complain. They said I have Blaster
>> worm, that I should have downloaded the patch from MS
>> long ago. Thought since I am MS update subscriber that
>> all patches would autoload to my system. So, I went
out
>> to MS and downloaded it to my PC. The first line on
the
>> screen before implementing the patch says "back up your
>> system." Well, I'm a total novice on all this, so I
went
>> looking for system backup capability on WinXP. XP Help
>> does not have a systems backup...only system restore.
I
>> don't want to restore, I need to backup so I can load
>> this patch. Can anyone tell me how to download systems
>> backup to my CR-R drive so I will have the data in case
>> the patch fouls up my data? Too, for those who run
into
>> this wall in the future, anyone know how to get MS to
>> load reference to system backup in WinXP? Thanks, Tom
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