Windows XP Backup

[Heidi]

I am trying to use Windows XP backup. In the article "Windows XP Backup Made
Easy" by Ed Bott, he says that if you choose the My documents and setting
option that your e-mail messages and address book will be preserved. I have
done a backup and looked at it through restore and I don't see where the
e-mails are backed up or how to choose them to be restored.

I would like to be able to schedule the backups so they occur automatically,
but when I try to choose a Later time for the backup, I get the following
error:

An error has occurred while attempting to set task account information. The
specific error is: 0x80070005: Access is denied. You do not have permission
to perform the requested operation.

This would seem to indicate I do not have administrative rights to set up
the task. The article did not indicate that there were any special
requirements to do this.

If anyone can answer these questions, I would appreciate it.

 

[R. McCarty]

I looked at Ed's article and the one thing that is misleading is that a
backup of My Documents will not cover items like IE Favorites &
Desktop ( If you store items there ) along with Email. The "Settings"
option will backup email account settings but I'm not sure about the
actual existing data stores. Windows stores data for each profile in
the Documents and Settings folder tree. Different pieces of data are
found outside the basic "My Documents" sub-folder. It's kind of
hard to explain in a simple NG posting.

To schedule and Authorize Tasks, your account needs a password or
the Administrator account ( Which normally has a NULL or empty
password ) needs one. To Windows an account without a password
is considered a security risk.

 

[philo]

I am trying to use Windows XP backup. In the article "Windows XP Backup Made
Easy" by Ed Bott, he says that if you choose the My documents and setting
option that your e-mail messages and address book will be preserved. I have
done a backup and looked at it through restore and I don't see where the
e-mails are backed up or how to choose them to be restored.

I would like to be able to schedule the backups so they occur automatically,
but when I try to choose a Later time for the backup, I get the following
error:

An error has occurred while attempting to set task account information. The
specific error is: 0x80070005: Access is denied. You do not have permission
to perform the requested operation.

This would seem to indicate I do not have administrative rights to set up
the task. The article did not indicate that there were any special
requirements to do this.

If anyone can answer these questions, I would appreciate it.

I suggest not using MS backup...
it's probably one of the worst utilites Windows has

 

[PD43]

I suggest not using MS backup...
it's probably one of the worst utilites Windows has

Nice. No reasons why. No recommendation for what else to use.

Idiot.

 

[Big Al]

I am trying to use Windows XP backup. In the article "Windows XP Backup Made
Easy" by Ed Bott, he says that if you choose the My documents and setting
option that your e-mail messages and address book will be preserved. I have
done a backup and looked at it through restore and I don't see where the
e-mails are backed up or how to choose them to be restored.

I would like to be able to schedule the backups so they occur automatically,
but when I try to choose a Later time for the backup, I get the following
error:

An error has occurred while attempting to set task account information. The
specific error is: 0x80070005: Access is denied. You do not have permission
to perform the requested operation.

This would seem to indicate I do not have administrative rights to set up
the task. The article did not indicate that there were any special
requirements to do this.

If anyone can answer these questions, I would appreciate it.

Schedule requires login & password for any scheduled jobs.
I use an old copy of 'Backup My PC' I got as one of those 3rd party
freebees that added onto a CD Rom I bought. Its old but works. Its
flexible, but there are a good number of them out there, just google
'backup software'. Whatever you get, make sure it works before you
rely on it. Backup something, move it aside and try to restore the
whole thing, part of it, and maybe even restore to another folder. I
do this a lot when restoring after a XP reload. I make a folder
C:\OLDDRIVE and reload the entire backup to this folder. Then I can
pick and choose the files to restore. It also restores the directory
tree too. That's a biggie. Any software that can do all this is
okay. But test before you crash one day. Most people test the
restore after the fact, too late.

 

[Xandros]

You may wish to struggle with the NT Backup program, which is a POS for
several reasons but if you want to create backups easily and reliably check
out the Acronis TrueImage 11 application. It works very well www.acronis.com

 

[PD43]

You may wish to struggle with the NT Backup program, which is a POS for
several reasons but if you want to create backups easily and reliably check
out the Acronis TrueImage 11 application. It works very well www.acronis.com

Refer folks to newegg.com

It's a lot cheaper there.

 

[tcarp]

Refer folks to newegg.com

It's a lot cheaper there.

Unbelievable!!!! I've been messing with the trial version as part of my
education and it lists for $50. This is almost 40% cheaper!

Tom

 

[Big_Al]

Unbelievable!!!! I've been messing with the trial version as part of my
education and it lists for $50. This is almost 40% cheaper!

Tom

Can you repeat the program you are referring to. The first part of
this thread is missing or not referenced, at least in my reader.
Thanks.

 

[tcarp]

It's True Image Home v11.

I've been very active in the forums lately getting some basic education on
backups, etc. Not surprisingly there are a lot of opinion on the approaches,
etc. which has been useful but it ultimately comes down to my understanding
my needs and then picking a good utility.

I've been using a trial version of TI Home and it will take care of most of
my needs. And for $30.49 its a great price.

Tom