backups

[Joe Lee]

My old computer running Windows 95 died and I bought a
new one which has Windows XP. Before my old one died, I
backed up all my Word files onto diskettes using the
basic backup program in Windows 95. I can't find that
program on my new computer. Any ideas as to how I can
restore those Word files onto my new computer?

 

[Guest]

by default it is not install in xp....
try this...
Manually Install the Backup Utility
To manually install Backup:
Double-click the Ntbackup.msi file in the following
location on the Windows XP Home Edition CD-ROM to start a
wizard that installs Backup:
CD-ROM Drive:\VALUEADD\MSFT\NTBACKUP

When the wizard is complete, click Finish.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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My old computer running Windows 95 died and I bought a
new one which has Windows XP. Before my old one died, I
backed up all my Word files onto diskettes using the
basic backup program in Windows 95. I can't find that
program on my new computer. Any ideas as to how I can
restore those Word files onto my new computer?

There are two issues here. First, 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

However, Windows XP Backup will not read files created with
Windows 95's Backup program. You can use the full version of
Backup My PC to read Windows 98 Backup files, but I'm not sure
whether this will work with Windows 95 backups.

 

[Guest]

XP will not read the diskettes. The best thing you can do
is have someone transfer them to a CD-r for you. Then
bring them into XP.

 

[Ken Blake, MVP]

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XP will not read the diskettes. The best thing you can do
is have someone transfer them to a CD-r for you. Then
bring them into XP.

No, this isn't at all correct. XP can read the diskettes. It's
the format of the backup files it can't read. Transferring them
to CDs will not help at all.

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Ken Blake - Microsoft MVP Windows: Shell/User
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