backup queery

[Zoo]

i am in the process of buying a laptop, what i would like to do is
when i have first got xp on the hard drive i would like to do a backup
to a cd, as in norton ghost type of program, is the a non install
freeware prog out there that will do that.

only going to put the bare bones on the backup no sp1 or sp2.

zoo.

--

Life begins as a quest of the child
for the man, and ends as a journey
by the man to rediscover the child.

(Lost World Of The Kalahari)

 

[Rich Barry]

Zoo, from the Command Prompt type: xcopy C:\*.* X:\ /s/e/h/c/k/r
X= Cd-rw Drive. I use Direct CD.

 

[Guest]

Nope - Norton's Ghost is the best, and that is not free.
You can backup your Registry using XP. You can backup your
system files by creating a manual Restore point.