Re: External Drive Backup
From: Dr. Indera (dr.inderaBUGOFF_at_verizon.net)
Date: 05/03/04
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Date: Mon, 3 May 2004 00:18:38 -0400
hi carl,
i use the backup software that comes with windows 2000 to back up files to
my external hard drive and haven't had a problem.
i haven't used any 3rd party packages to compare it to.
hope this helps.
indera
"Carl Mankat" <c.mankat@cox.net> wrote in message
news:408CF4FB.1070700@cox.net...
> I am running Windows 2000 professional. I installed an external drive
> and want to back up my primary hard drive on it. I can copy to it but I
> want to do sequential backups. I experimented with the backup facility
> which comes with W2K once saving some files to my secondary drive. It
> saved things as bkf files I think it was. When I used backup for the
> external drive it the setup talked about saving to files or media. I
> entered the path, /G:\hold/ and things seemed to work. However, I found
> that everything stopped due to file size. I examined the external drive
> and I found one huge file had been saved.
>
> Questions: Does the W2K backup program work on external drives? Would I
> be better off using third party software? If I went to Windows XP home
> would I be able to use that backup program or do I need W XP Pro?
>
> Tia,
>
> Carl--
>
> If you can read this, thank a teacher....
> If you are reading it in English, thank a Veteran.....
>
>
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