XP Backup Utility....HELP!!

[Guest]

I have 3 PC's in the house.........2 XP Pro, 1 XP Home.
The XP Home machine has no apparent Backup Utility.
The XP Pros have Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Backup.
This is a shortcut referring to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\NTBACKUP.EXE
There is no such directory in the XP Home machine.

Question:
Does XP Home have this functionality?
If so, how do you enable/access it?
If not, what is the easiest utility to use for backing up data in XP Home?

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

The backup utility isn't installed by default in XP Home. You can either
expand the i386\ntbackup.ex_ file from the XP Pro CD to the Home
disk/partition or there may be a copy on the XP Home CD in the
valueadd\msft\ntbackup folder

 

[Guest]

Thanks Will.....still reading through numerous MS articles about the ASR
function in XP Home.............kinda confusing.
Trying to figure out if I will be able to restore a backup easily using the
XP Home machine............the README.TXT file on the XP disc is vague:

NTBackup Backup/Restore and ASR release notes
Backup/Restore
ASR
1. ASR is not supported on home edition.
IF you install NtBackup from the CD to the Home Edition, ASR functionality
will appear to work fine during the backup session.
Since the setup does not support ASR in the home edition,
there is no way to initiate the ASR restore in case of a disaster.
If you need to restore from this session, install Windows XP manually
and then restore from the ASR media.
2. Backup to CDRW
If you decide to backup to a CDRW, you cannot target that device directly.
You must create a backup set of
650MB or less and backup to a file. After the file is complete, copy the
file to the CDRW.

Please refer to the readme for XP home edition for additional notes.

Hi

The backup utility isn't installed by default in XP Home. You can either
expand the i386\ntbackup.ex_ file from the XP Pro CD to the Home
disk/partition or there may be a copy on the XP Home CD in the
valueadd\msft\ntbackup folder

 

[Will Denny]

Hi

ASR doesn't work with XP Home, only XP Pro, I'm afraid.

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Will Denny
MS-MVP Windows Shell/User
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Thanks Will.....still reading through numerous MS articles about the ASR
function in XP Home.............kinda confusing.
Trying to figure out if I will be able to restore a backup easily using
the
XP Home machine............the README.TXT file on the XP disc is vague:

NTBackup Backup/Restore and ASR release notes
Backup/Restore
ASR
1. ASR is not supported on home edition.
IF you install NtBackup from the CD to the Home Edition, ASR functionality
will appear to work fine during the backup session.
Since the setup does not support ASR in the home edition,
there is no way to initiate the ASR restore in case of a disaster.
If you need to restore from this session, install Windows XP manually
and then restore from the ASR media.
2. Backup to CDRW
If you decide to backup to a CDRW, you cannot target that device directly.
You must create a backup set of
650MB or less and backup to a file. After the file is complete, copy the
file to the CDRW.

Please refer to the readme for XP home edition for additional notes.

 

[CWatters]

With this number of PC I wonder if you shouldn't be using something better
than the free backup provided with XP? For example I don't think this
program will backup and restore open system files. You might be better off
with a program like Ghost.

 

[Harry Ohrn]

If you want to create and schedule the creation of full system backups then
use an imaging tool like Acronis True Image or Symantec Ghost. If you want
to backup individual files or folders then something like NTI Backup or
Backup MyPC are good choices.

 

[treehugger]

I have 3 PC's in the house.........2 XP Pro, 1 XP Home.
The XP Home machine has no apparent Backup Utility.
The XP Pros have Start/Programs/Accessories/System Tools/Backup.
This is a shortcut referring to C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM32\NTBACKUP.EXE
There is no such directory in the XP Home machine.

Question:
Does XP Home have this functionality?
If so, how do you enable/access it?
If not, what is the easiest utility to use for backing up data in XP Home?

I have XP home edition. I use the Files and Settings transfer wizard which is supposed to be for moving your stuff to a new PC but is fine for this purpose. I save the output to a folder on my hard disk and then burn it to CD-RW. Go to Start, then Run, then type migwiz. Hit Ok. Tell the wizard that it's your "old" computer. At the next window select the bottom option (Other) and browse to the folder you want to save it to. When it completes, look for a folder called "USMT2".
If you need to restore from this "backup" in future, you must regard the same computer as the "new" computer in the wizard.
Hope it helps.