Re: Windows XP Backup and CD Key?


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>> >> >> > "Doofusbrain" <Acurajustin1978@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> >> >> >> If I use the backup utility, to back up applications and
>> >> >> >> everything,
>> >> >> >> will that also save the CD key? I want to use a new Key for a
>> > retail
>> >> >> >> version of Windows I just bought off ebay.
>> >> >> >> This is for my parents' PC and i want them to have full MS
> support
>> > in
>> >> >> >> case I'm gone, dead or I'm on the can for an extend period.
>> >> >> >> I've
>> > had
>> >> >> >> to give tech support to family members while driving, on a date,
>> >> >> >> but
>> >> >> >> taking a dump is where I draw the line.
>> >> >> >>
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > ntbackup.exe saves a snapshot of your current installation
>> >> >> > (if you select the appropriate options).
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Do you mean like Ghost and Acronis does? If so, what are the
>> > "appropriate
>> >> >> options"?
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Thanks,
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Alias
>> >> >> On restoration you
>> >> >> > will have exactly the same as you have right now. If your
>> >> >> > software is registered now then it will be registered after
>> >> >> > the restoration.
>> >> >
>> >> > You have to back up the "System State".
>> >> >
>> >> > If you have Ghost and/or Acronis, why bother with ntbackup?
>> >>
>> >> I don't have Ghost or Acronis :-) Is the ntback up reliable and is it
>> >> like
>> >> Ghost or Acronis or should I buy one of them?
>> >>
>> >> Alias
>> >>
>> >>
>> >
>> > ntbackup.exe is reliable, contrary to what some people
>> > claim, but sometimes difficult to use.
>> >
>> > System recovery under ntbackup.exe is painful because
>> > you first have to install a temporary version of Windows
>> > before restoring the backed up version. With Acronis you
>> > can create an image file on an external USB disk, then
>> > restore that image after rebooting the machine with the
>> > Acronis Rescue CD.
>> >
>> > A general note: Many people get a safe and secure feeling
>> > after they have created a backup copy of their system
>> > drive. Some get a rude awakening when they try to restore
>> > the backed up system and find that it does not work. A
>> > backed up system is worthless unless it is tested immediately.
>>
>> I think I will just have to break down and buy Acronis. By testing it you
>> mean, say, if I put an image on an externa, USB hard drive, switching the
>> hard drives to see if the imaged one works? Or restoring?
>>
>> Alias
>>
>
> I do it like this:
> 1. Put an image file (not an image!) on an external USB har disk.
> 2. Install a spare internal disk (8 GBytes will do)
> 3. Restore the image file to this spare disk.

Thanks.
>
> Every system I look after has a split disk: C: for the system,
> D: for data.

So do I.

> This keeps the system partition nice and small,
> and makes this sort of exercise a breeze.

Right now all I have are back ups for my D drive so if I have to reinstall,
I will have to reinstall Windows, the programs and everything else.

I will buy Acronis.

Alias


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