Backup Utility

[Joe]

I bought a new PC with Windows XP Home pre-loaded. There
is no backup utility loaded by default, and I have no
Windows XP disks to load from, and it was pre-loaded. How
do I set up the backup utility without the disks?

 

[Ramesh [MVP]]

Hi Joe,

If the computer you purchased is an OEM Edition (from Dell,Compaq etc), they
might not ship the Operating System CD. (only restore cds). You can download
ntbackup.msi from here:
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/software/ntbackup.msi

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I bought a new PC with Windows XP Home pre-loaded. There
is no backup utility loaded by default, and I have no
Windows XP disks to load from, and it was pre-loaded. How
do I set up the backup utility without the disks?

 

[ted]

-----Original Message-----
I bought a new PC with Windows XP Home pre-loaded. There
is no backup utility loaded by default, and I have no
Windows XP disks to load from, and it was pre-loaded. How
do I set up the backup utility without the disks?
.

I don't believe you can. You should always receieve a
disk with you loaded windows xp. If you did not receieve
a disk then you probably have an illelgal copy.

 

[Yves Leclerc]

ted,

When ever the PC is delivered with XP pre-installed and no disk, it could
meen that the computer may have a special system restore partition. Several
large computer companies (ie.: Dell and HP) now do this.

Y.

 

[Guest]

Thank you.