Re: Complete backup

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Thanks Jim for the helpful info and thanks to the others who
responded. But I still have a question. In case my hard drive fails
I'd like to be able to use the backup to restore the system or be able
to boot from the Windows CD. But I don't want to set the BIOS now to
boot first from a CD. And if I haven't done that, how can I start up
once my hard drive has failed?

Thanks again for any advice you can give me.

Norman

On Mon, 4 May 2009 11:11:24 -0500, "Jim" <j.n@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:


"Norman Stein" <normannospam.stein@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Hello

I used the windows XP utility to backup the entire system onto an
external hard drive. It worked fine. Then I was prompted to insert a
diskette so as to have an emergeny boot diskette which I though would,
in an emergency, enable me to boot from the external drive. When I
tried to do so, however, I got a messge which prompted me to remove
the diskette. So how do I use my backup copy to restore the system in
an emergency?

Thanks in advance for any advice.

Norman Stein
What you do is first put the floppy in the drive. Then, set the CD to be
the first choice in the boot.
Next, find your XP installation disk and put it in the drive.
Then, shutdown and boot from the CD.
Eventually, you will be given the choice of restore from backup or install.
Choose restore and off you go.

And, what you might ask, happens if you do not have an installation disk?
The quick answer is that you cannot use ntbackup for this purpose.
I know that BartPE can read backup files generated by ntbackup. However,
what I don't know is whether you can use BartPE to restore an entire disk or
not.

I know that I can restore entire disks from a backup made by ATI because I
have done this.

Jim



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