back up disk

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Windows XP came with my HP when I bought it. I have no disk. How can back up
program files onto a disk with out it?

 

[Carey Frisch [MVP]]

Download Backup for Windows XP Home Edition:
http://home.comcast.net/~cerelli/ntbackup.msi

Installing the Backup Program on the Home Version
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/windowsxp_tips.htm#backup_home

HOW TO: Use Backup to Back Up Files and Folders on Your Computer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308422&Product=winxp


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| Windows XP came with my HP when I bought it. I have no disk. How can back up
| program files onto a disk with out it?

 

[DL]

HP would have supplied some method of restoring your sys to supplied state.
Read the supplied bumph or visit hp site
You cannot backup your winxp installation with the default backup software.

 

[Ayush]

Read the manual to see if there is some hidden partition or Recovery CD.
If not then you need a Image Program. Acronis Tru Image is best for this.

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[Ken Blake]

Windows XP came with my HP when I bought it. I have no disk. How can back
up
program files onto a disk with out it?

Over and above the other answers you've gotten, be aware that if you back up
your program files, and ever reinstall Windows, those backed-up program
files are useless.

Programs are normally not simple self-contained entities. If Windows gets
reinstalled, all the many entries and references to them (in the registry
and elsewhere) are lost and the programs have to be reinstalled from
scratch.