Making backups by just copying files
- From: "BillW50" <BillW50@xxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 20:16:48 -0500
Okay back when Windows 95 was released, you could dualboot to another copy and copy just the Windows and Program Files folder to make a backup of your OS and applications. Is the same still true with Windows XP? Maybe adding the Documents and Settings folder too?
My plan is to use BartPE to copy the files over to a bootable USB hard drive. This solves any files in use errors when copying files from itself, right? Or this problem doesn't occur under Windows XP? Just Windows 9x and ME?
Why not use a backup program you might ask? I hate them, especially if they do not create a bootable usable copy. This is also handy to test your backup copy as well. Plus this method is free and I can do this with anybodys machine. As often I am asked to help others with no tools around. LOL
Why not clone the HD? Yeah I have Partition Magic, DriveCopy, etc. But I want to only make a backup of the OS and programs. Not the rest of the data. Which is copied elsewhere. Another reason is that the backup partition isn't large enough for the whole partition.
Next problem is changing the external drive to drive C to work proberly. Since it will be copied from a working drive C. I guess I can always turn off the laptop's internal HD through the BIOS. I guess that should work. :)
Any thoughts and ideas about any of this before I start? TIA
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Bill
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