Backup Utility XP

[Lou]

I created a total backup of C: on D: (not a logical drive,
not linked). So when I mess C: up (it always happens) how
can I access D: to recover will I have to reformat C:
install XP then access it, or is there an easier way. I
guess a lot of people will think this is nuts but friday I
updated display driver it had a new tab for mouse
conflicted with .32exe uninstalled reinstalled both rolled
back, never could straighten out mess spent all weekend
reinstalling everything. I need a quicker way out of these
situations. Any help would be most appreciated.

 

[willit]

If you have XP Home that is how you have to do it since
the ARS disk will not work.

or

Use a program like this and make d: a bootable clone. then
all you have to do is change the jumpers and make d: the
master ( becomes c: ) and c: will be d:. Transfer the
clone and swap the jumpers back, You're back in business.
There is a switch that you can install and it will do that
for you from the front of the computer.

http://www.computerguys.com Part # 132 0210 $16.49

and

XP-Casper

http://www.fssdev.com/products/ $ 39.00 make the clone
and then un-plug the power to the drive if you want.

Want to test drive a Demo for 30 days. It has some
features disabled.

http://downloads-zdnet.com.com/3000-2248-10161152.html?
tag=lst-1-8

 

[Jack Gillis]

I hope I understand you problem correctly.

You might investigate Norton Ghost. It will create an image of your C:
drive on another parition or CD. Or it will create a clone of your C:
drive on another partition that is the same size as your C: drive. It
will create a floppy that you can boot and restore either the image or
clone and be up and running without a reinstall of XP. Of course, if
the image or clone contains a bug you will still have that bug.

I'm sure there are other programs that will do the job for you but Ghost
is the one I use and It has worked for me.

Good luck.

 

[Guest]

I have to agree with this one.

"If you have XP Home that is how you have to do it since
the ARS disk will not work."

How stupid could MS be to have it in PRO when most PRO
users would never use a marginal program like NTBackup.
Now on the other hand most XP Home users would like to
have a real way to back-up. The biggest drawback is that
it cannot span cd's.

 

[CWatters]

I created a total backup of C: on D: (not a logical drive,
not linked). So when I mess C: up (it always happens) how
can I access D: to recover will I have to reformat C:
install XP then access it, or is there an easier way. I
guess a lot of people will think this is nuts

Not at all.

I would look at Norton Ghost. The manual makes it look very complex to use
but in practice it's not so bad and it has a reasonably easy to user
interface/wizard. It can make several different types of boot CD for you to
use if your HD fails. The boot disc typically contains everything you need
to run Ghost (without Windows) AND the drivers you need to access your
backup if it located on a remote drive of some sort.

For example I use Ghost to image my HD to a partion on my wifes HD over my
LAN. I recently had my HD fail so I replaced it with a new one and booted
Ghost from the CD. I then ran Ghost on my wifes PC and used Ghost in
peer-to-peer mode to select which backup I wanted to transfer back to my new
HD. A reboot and all is well again.

I configure Ghost to automatically split my backup into 600Mbyte chunks
before writing them to the shared folder on my wifes PC. Then if for any
reason I couldn't use the LAN to do a recovery I can copy the files onto CDR
and transfer them back that way.