Backing up my programs and files.

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OK I tried looking for this info but either I am not looking in the right place or have no idea what I am looking at. I have many problems with my computer it is very unstable. I wanted to backup things like my mail program and a few others and then just reformat my computer and reinstall those files. I want to back them up to CD-R Disks. I am running WindowsXP Home. Any help would be great thanks.
 
Ok I did a bit more looking but am still very confused. I have windows XP Home but do not have disks from MS I have a Toshbia Laptop and it comes with XP on 2 Disks but there is a slight problem. Its got XP on there but you cant get into the individual files the way you can if you have the XP Cd's I have 2 options I can try the hotfixs which I have and I can reinstall the whole program. well none of the hotfixes seems to help. and I want to restore the system but how to back up my mail program and my browser info and a few other things. I don't have any extra money so a program to back up my files is out of the question. (you have to back up because restore reformats your had drive.) Any Help would be great thanks. Oh and Restore Well lets say it was ok for a small problem but it wont seem to help this larger problem. I had a browser Hyjacker and it seems to have caused major instbility when I removed it. I restored to a ealier time but it wont fix this problem.
 
XP Home you will have to do the following:

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;320820

How to get to XP Backup Utility:

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/pro/using/howto/gettingstarted/guide/backup.asp

The problem is that Windows XP back up utility will not backup to a CD drive
or span disks... I found this out the hard way. The good news is that there
are options...

Use the manual option and break the backup into multiple backup files. This
will not work if you want to use ASR (complete backup with automated system
recovery). Since your are using home, I believe there are issues with
using ASR.

Another option is to just use an external drive. There is not really a
problem with USB 2.0 and Firewire with respect to speed. The method I use
is to have a complete backup on the drive and a
copy on the external. If the drive goes bad, I can reinstall Windows and
then restore the backup off the external drive. You want to use the
replace all file option.

The third option is one that I have been researching. You can use software
like Ghost 2003, Drive Image 7 or True Image. These are able to span
disks, backup to any device, work like a backup, and if the whole hard drive
goes bad, you can restore the backup image in minutes.

If money is an issue, just copy the data you desire to a disc using whatever
software is on your computer (like Roxio). The primary directory you want
is my documents. For e-mail, who can either copy the .pst file (quickest
way to find it is just do a search) or create an export file by going in
Outlook to File.. Import and Export... Export to a File... Personal Folder
File... browse to the top of your personal folders you want to backup...
then pick location.

Hope some of these thoughts help you.


Rhyan said:
OK I tried looking for this info but either I am not looking in the right
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place or have no idea what I am looking at. I have many problems with my
computer it is very unstable. I wanted to backup things like my mail program
and a few others and then just reformat my computer and reinstall those
files. I want to back them up to CD-R Disks. I am running WindowsXP Home.
Any help would be great thanks.
 
[[If you are using a computer that an Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM)
provided with a pre-installed copy of Windows XP, the Valueadd and Support
folders may not exist on your hard disk or on the recovery CD-ROM that was
included with your computer.

This issue can occur because OEM computers that include a pre-installed copy
of Windows XP do not include a Windows XP CD-ROM, or the Valueadd and
Support folders. Instead, OEM computers typically include a restoration
CD-ROM, and this CD-ROM does not contain the Valueadd and Support folders.

Among others, some of the utilities in this folder are USMT Command line
components, NTBACKUP, additional fonts, and the unsupported NetBEUI
protocol.]]

VALUEADD and SUPPORT Folders Are Not Included on OEM CD-ROMs
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;311246&Product=winxp
 
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