Backing up in XP home edition

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I've been trying to find the backup tool in XP home ed. and I can not seem to find it anywhere. I tried the help files and they suggested I look in system tools and activate the 'backup' icon... except there is no backup icon. Also I checked my XP CD-ROM and there was no backup tool to install. If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear about it

Thanks

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Windows XP Professional Edition and XP Home both ship with NTBackup. But only XP Pro installs NTBackup by default. You can install NTBackup for XP Home by performing the following steps:

Insert the XP Home CD-ROM.
Navigate to the VALUEADD\MSFT\NTBACKUP folder.
Double-click the ntbackup.msi file to install NTBackup.

For OEMs (purchased from Dell,Compaq etc), they might not ship the Operating System CD. In that case, you can download ntbackup.msi from here: http://www.onecomputerguy.com/software/ntbackup.msi

This article describes how to install Backup, which is included on the CD-ROM in the Valueadd folder. To use Backup, you have to install it manually.

Install Backup from the CD-ROM in Windows XP Home Edition
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302894

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I've been trying to find the backup tool in XP home ed. and I can not seem to find it anywhere. I tried the help files and they suggested I look in system tools and activate the 'backup' icon... except there is no backup icon. Also I checked my XP CD-ROM and there was no backup tool to install. If anyone has any suggestions I would love to hear about it.

Thanks