Re: xp back up wizard

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Sorry for spelling your name wrong Anna :(

"mike" wrote:


Hello Anne and DL.Thank you both for your comments.Anne,I would be grateful
if you would kindly post your step-by-step guide again.It will be of great
help.Kind regards,Mike

"Anna" wrote:


"mike" <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello
I have have recently made a back up of my Pc using XP 's back up
wizard.The
file has been saved to my external hard drive.

The option I selected was Back Up Everything on the Computer,Advanced
Mode.

Now some questions please.

Does this include all my installed programs and Win XP ?.

If yes do I install from the file on my hard drive when my Pc crashes.If
yes
then how.

If no do I use the installation discs for XP and the back up file for
installing all programs.

I have looked at the various guides on the Microsoft Knowledge web
site.There are very informative but.....

In the past I have only backed up my Documents,Phots and Music.I have not
used this facility before today.

Any help,tips and advice is greatly appreciated.Thank you.Kind
regards,Mike


"DL" <address@invalid> wrote in message
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The backup wizard is only realy good for data and settings.
If you want a recoverable backup solution (entire PC) Ghost or True Image
to
name a couple


Mike:
As DL suggests, consider a disk imaging program such as Acronis True Image.
The great advantage of using this type of program as a comprehensive backup
system is that you can relatively easily create (for all practical purposes)
a bit-for-bit copy of your day-to-day working HDD, including your operating
system, your registry/configuration settings, your programs & applications,
your user-created data files -- in short, everything that's on your booting
HDD. A true backup of your system.

So when the day comes when your working HDD fails or your OS becomes so
corrupt that the system will not boot, you can use the "clone" you've
created by the disk imaging program to restore your system to a functional
state. And do so with a minimum of time & effort.

Why don't you try out the 15-day trial version that's presently being
offered by Acronis at http://www.acronis.com?

I've posted to this newsgroup step-by-step instructions for using the
Acronis program for backup & recovery. If you or anyone else is interested
in seeing them, so indicate and I'll post them again.
Anna



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