backup utility

[Guest]

The Backup utility is missing in Windows XP.
Start-All Programs-Accessories-System Tool (Backup is not on the list?)
Please Help

 

[Shenan Stanley]

The Backup utility is missing in Windows XP.
Start-All Programs-Accessories-System Tool (Backup is not on the
list?) Please Help

Windows XP what?
Home? Professional? Media Center Edition? Tablet PC Edition? x64?

Have you tried to install it manually?
Searched Google for the answer?
Searched these newsgroups for answers?

NTBACKUP:
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Q. My new computer came loaded with Windows XP Home Edition, but
Backup is not on it. How can I get it?
A. Backup was originally designed for use in corporate backup
scenarios with tape backup devices not commonly found in the home.
If you want to use Backup, you can install it from the Windows XP
Home Edition CD.

To install the Backup utility manually

1.Insert the Windows XP Home Edition CD.
2.Click Perform additional tasks.
3.Navigate to the VALUEADD\MSFT\NTBACKUP folder.
4.Double-click the ntbackup.msi file.

For more information, see http://support.microsoft.com/kb/311246

However - there are people out there who have made it available...
http://home.comcast.net/~cerelli/ntbackup.msi

So get it, install it and read up on how to use it!

How To Use Backup to Back Up Files and Folders on Your Computer
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/308422

You still need some sort of external media to store the results
on, but you could schedule the backup to occur when you are not around,
then burn the resultant data onto CD or DVD or something when you are
(while you do other things!)


Another option that I recommend:

Cobian Backup
http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm


Another option....

Synctoy
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/digitalphotography/prophoto/synctoy.mspx


More options?...

A lot of people have wondered about how to completely backup their system
so that they would not have to go through the trouble of a reinstall..
I'm going to voice my opinion here and say that it would be worthless to
do for MOST people. Unless you plan on periodically updating the image
backup of your system (remaking it) - then by the time you use it
(something goes wrong) - it will be so outdated as to be more trouble than
performing a full install of the operating system and all applications.

Having said my part against it, you can clone/backup your hard drive
completely using many methods - by far the simplest are using disk cloning
applications:

Symantec/Norton Ghost
http://www.symantec.com/sabu/ghost/

Acronis True Image
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage

BootItT NG
http://terabyteunlimited.com/bootitng.html

Good Luck!

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

The Backup utility is missing in Windows XP.
Start-All Programs-Accessories-System Tool (Backup is not on the
list?) Please Help

Backup is installed automatically on XP Professional, but not on XP Home. If
you have the complete XP Home CD, find backup on the CD, in
\ValueAdd\MSFT\NTBACKUP and install it yourself by doubleclicking the file
ntbackup.msi.

If you don't have an XP CD, you can download ntbackup.msi at
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/software/ntbackup.msi Also see
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302894

 

[John Barnett MVP]

I assume you are using XP Home? backup isn't automatically installed on XP
Home. You can install it by lokking on your XP CD. Navigate to
ValueAdd/MSFT/NTBACKUP. Click on the NTbackup icon to install.

--
John Barnett MVP
Associate Expert
http://xphelpandsupport.mvps.org
http://vistasupport.mvps.org

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