How to backup (copy) XP Local Settings folder

[Guest]

When logged on the Local Settings folder retains open files which are
impossible to copy for backup. How do I backup my Local Settings folder
without having to install special utilities such as Lcopy, lXcopy or going to
the trouble of logging in a safe mode?

Jan

 

[Shenan Stanley]

When logged on the Local Settings folder retains open files which
are impossible to copy for backup. How do I backup my Local
Settings folder without having to install special utilities such as
Lcopy, lXcopy or going to the trouble of logging in a safe mode?

I am unsure why you would want to copy the local settings folder.
Howver - you could schedule the backup and not be logged in at that time?

 

[Pop`]

When logged on the Local Settings folder retains open files which are
impossible to copy for backup. How do I backup my Local Settings
folder without having to install special utilities such as Lcopy,
lXcopy or going to the trouble of logging in a safe mode?

Jan

Use XP's built in backup application. It will use Shadow Copy to back up
files that are in use and works well. It's not automabically installed on
Home but it's on the CD.

Pop`

 

[Anna]

When logged on the Local Settings folder retains open files which are
impossible to copy for backup. How do I backup my Local Settings folder
without having to install special utilities such as Lcopy, lXcopy or going
to
the trouble of logging in a safe mode?

Jan

Jan:
Do you think you might be interested in a more comprehensive backup system -
not only to take into account your Document & Settings folder, but your
operating system, registry, programs & applications, user-created data - in
short, *everything* that's on your day-to-day working HDD? So that in the
event of a HDD failure, or a corrupted unbootable OS, or the other ills that
adversely affect our PCs, you could restore the system to a bootable,
functional state with a minimum of effort, time, and aggravation?

If so, might you consider a disk imaging program such as Acronis True Image
to undertake disk-to-disk cloning or creating disk images of your system for
restoration purposes?
Anna