Backing up fiels and settings

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Hi there,

My patner has Windows XP and due to some problems witht he computer, I need
to back up all her applications, and personal files, so I can re-install it,

Any idea How I can do this without loosing anything?
 
News said:
Hi there,

My patner has Windows XP and due to some problems witht he computer, I
need to back up all her applications, and personal files, so I can
re-install it,

Any idea How I can do this without loosing anything?
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You can't. A clean install will remove everything. You could image the
system, but the image will include all the problems your partner already
has. Since you didn't give any details about what the problems are, I can't
address them.

Back up your partner's data to external media (external hard drive, burn
DVDs, etc.) and do a clean install of Windows. You will need to reinstall
all the programs. Then copy the data (after scanning with an antivirus to
be sure it's clean) back to the hard drive.

http://michaelstevenstech.com/cleanxpinstall.html - Clean Install How-To
http://www.elephantboycomputers.com/page2.html#Reinstalling_Windows - What
you will need on-hand

After you get the new install done, updated, and configured exactly the way
you want, a good thing to do is to image the system. This makes restoration
very quick and easy. I prefer using Acronis True Image and storing the
image(s) on an external hard drive.

Malke
 
News Group said:
Hi there,

My patner has Windows XP and due to some problems witht he computer, I
need to back up all her applications, and personal files, so I can
re-install it,

Any idea How I can do this without loosing anything?
Click to expand...

Before you do something so drastic, perhaps you should consider taking
care of the problems. What specifically is wrong with her PC?
 
I see on Windows that it has "system and settings transfer" is this a good
idea to use? as tested on my coputr and it seamed to fo coppied all my
programs?

All programs are clean, but a trojan is on my patners computer, and Norton
gave me a program to download, but this hasn't helped, and the system is
slowly loosing preformance, have done all required maintainance, but still
loosing preformance.
 
News said:
I see on Windows that it has "system and settings transfer" is this a good
idea to use? as tested on my coputr and it seamed to fo coppied all my
programs?

All programs are clean, but a trojan is on my patners computer, and Norton
gave me a program to download, but this hasn't helped, and the system is
slowly loosing preformance, have done all required maintainance, but still
loosing preformance.
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Frankly, since you have to install the programs before the transfer anyway,
I think this is a waste of time but it's your time so you can make the
choice. Let us know how it went.

Using WinXP's FAST Wizard, by MVP Gary Woodruff (Please read the caveats
about Outlook Express)
http://aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm

Yes, you should do a clean install on the infected machine to get rid of the
trojan. Let's hope the files you transfer over are clean and you don't
infect the new install.

Malke
 
News said:
I see on Windows that it has "system and settings transfer" is this a
good idea to use? as tested on my coputr and it seamed to fo coppied
all my programs?

All programs are clean, but a trojan is on my patners computer, and
Norton gave me a program to download, but this hasn't helped, and the
system is slowly loosing preformance, have done all required
maintainance, but still loosing preformance.
Click to expand...

Norton is not the best tool for removing malware. Some say it is not even on
the list.

I'd try several of the thousands of other options before something as
Draconian as a re-install.
 
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