It seems that backing up the entire system with the XP backup utility
requires a floppy drive. Well, my laptop, like many, doesn't have a
floppy drive. Is there a way of backing up the entire system and boot
from a CD to initiate the complete recovery (assuming the BIOS is set
to boot that way)?
Re: Getting my recipes and everything back ... I took my laptop into the shop yesterday, to see if it could be fixed ... able to recover my data. ... I do have a backup now, and I will definitely be backing everything ... (rec.food.cooking)
No Backup util ... Cleanup, Disk Defragmenter, Files and Settings Transfer...Administrator role, am I locked out of this? ... Is backing up ... How do I find the backup utility??... (microsoft.public.security.virus)
Re: Cant open archive file... ... Recently I started backing up my archived emails on my laptop to a USB... (microsoft.public.outlook)
Re: Is a backup copy of windows folder on same partition a useful recovery trick? ... this is in addition to all other backups - under 98 it was attractive ... because if the machine wouldn't boot, I could swap folders and be up in ... I'm more concerned with backing up data than I am with backing up ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.newusers)
Re: help ... Restoring your computer formats the drive and overwrites any information ... you should get into the habit of regularly backing up your ... > hi i have a laptop and my system crashed i had to reinstall by disc is ... (microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support)