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Bazzer Smith
I tried to do a drag and drop back up but it aborted as it
said some files were being used.
How can I get round this?
Boot up in safe mode?
said some files were being used.
How can I get round this?
Boot up in safe mode?
LVTravel said:Even booting in safe mode won't help if you are trying to back up system
files as they will always be in use. You should not back up program files
or the OS using the drag and drop method or even using a copy program like
XCopy as the OS and programs are generally useless (in other words, they
won't reinstall properly) when backed up that way. If you are trying to
back up the system and the programs you should image the drive using a
program like Acronis True Image or the like.
To do a drag and drop backup of data files, you need to make sure that
there is no program using any of the files.
Gary S. Terhune said:Then you're an idiot for upgrading to Windows XP. Windows XP isn't
remotely similar to Win98. Nobody told you?
Gary S. Terhune said:Worse than an idiot, you're a fool.
Bazzer Smith said:It is remarkable simiilar!!
Anyhow here are some programs you can buy to clone a windows98 drive.
http://www.qweas.com/download/system/disk_tools/spotmau_disk_clone_backup_guide.htm
Of course if you don't like dlushing money down the bog you can do it for
nowt!!
Anyhow it is just data on a drive. If XP is not running I don't see how it
can
stop me copying it.
Anyway I might have a solution here!!
http://gparted-livecd.tuxfamily.org/larry/generalities/gparted.htm
Ubuntu isn't remotely similar to windows. Nobody told you? :O)
Gary S. Terhune said:Windows XP isn't remotely similar to Win98.
Bazzer Smith wrote:
It is remarkable simiilar!!
Gary S. Terhune said:You're not just a stupid, idiotic fool, you're a raving lunatic!
It is remarkable simiilar!!
Anyhow here are some programs you can buy to clone a windows98
drive.http://www.qweas.com/download/system/disk_tools/spotmau_disk_clone_ba...
Of course if you don't like dlushing money down the bog you can do it for
nowt!!
Anyhow it is just data on a drive. If XP is not running I don't see how it
can
stop me copying it.
Anyway I might have a solution here!!
http://gparted-livecd.tuxfamily.org/larry/generalities/gparted.htm
Ubuntu isn't remotely similar to windows. Nobody told you? :O)
Bazzer Smith said:imaging and copying files are a bit different.
there are free ways to image a drive. Free imaging programs.
xxclone might be free
apparently xxcopy has a /clone switch. Which I guess would do an
image rather than a file backup.
apparently hard drive manufacturers often give free programs to image
a drive, see their site.
the payware favourite would be acronis, and with second favourite -
norton ghost
Bazzer Smith said:Well Gary S. Terhune, this idot has just copied across aome files I could
not
access in windowsXP, so....I am pretty sure I will be able to copy across
*every* windowsXP file. (I will do that later) Whats more this fool thinks
he will
be able to copy them all back as well.
I didn't use the thing in the link I posted earlier either, it was much
easier than that :O)
So that will do for me as a backup.
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