Backing up a web

[novus]

I use XP and FP2003. I maintain my web ona local PC and publish to my ISP.
To create a local backup (say on CD/R or CD/RW) I assume the best way is to
publish the site to its backup location with no optimisation features
switched on. Is this correct, and if so are there are any other suggestions
for backing up?

novus

 

[Stefan B Rusynko]

That's the best way
- publish to another disc based folder and then back it up to a CD
To publish to a CD see http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;q310511
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| I use XP and FP2003. I maintain my web ona local PC and publish to my ISP.
| To create a local backup (say on CD/R or CD/RW) I assume the best way is to
| publish the site to its backup location with no optimisation features
| switched on. Is this correct, and if so are there are any other suggestions
| for backing up?
|
| novus
|
|

 

[MD Websunlimited]

Hi novus,

If the goal is to provide backup protection then just use the intrinsic back up facility in Windows to back up the file system on
the PC or the folders containing your web tree.

No need to go through a publish , copy, blah, blah , blah.....

PS. How do you backup the rest of your PC?
PSS If you keep your publish content in sync with your local content then you have a back up at the published server ;.)

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[novus]

Hi novus,

If the goal is to provide backup protection then just use the intrinsic

back up facility in Windows to back up the file system on

the PC or the folders containing your web tree.

No need to go through a publish , copy, blah, blah , blah.....

I would prefer to do that, but have seen posts on this newsgroup that seem
to indicate that the safest way was to publish rather than copy

PS. How do you backup the rest of your PC?
PSS If you keep your publish content in sync with your local content then

you have a back up at the published server ;.)

I do that, but this is optimised and so loses comments etc. and is therefore
not a real backup.

 

[Thomas A. Rowe]

Backing up is good option as long as back up the complete web tree, but is not an easy solution to
offer in the newsgroup as many user may not have one, also the backups can only be restored by the
backup app that created them unless using the NTBackup which is available to all users of Windows
2000 and Windows XP, note for Windows XP Home users the backup app is located in a folder on the
Windows XP Home CD and must be installed from there. See:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q302894

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[Cindy]

Want to make sure I understand.
Can I copy the Inetpub directory to backup media and then restore a web that
has been damaged/lost by copying from that backup media by just copying the
Inetpub directory from the backup to a hard drive that has FrontPage
installed?

Thanks

Hi novus,

If the goal is to provide backup protection then just use the intrinsic

back up facility in Windows to back up the file system on

the PC or the folders containing your web tree.

No need to go through a publish , copy, blah, blah , blah.....

PS. How do you backup the rest of your PC?
PSS If you keep your publish content in sync with your local content then

you have a back up at the published server ;.)