Re: How do I use System Tools > Backup without floppy drive?
- From: "Patrick Keenan" <test@xxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 17 Mar 2007 12:17:15 -0400
"Vanguard" <no@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"Andrew Bailey" wrote in message
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There is a "gotcha" which took me a whole day to figure out and it's that
you MUST ensure that when you re-install WindowsXP you have to update it
to the same service pack (eg: SP2) as the backup... no problem if your
WindowsXP installation disc is already at SP2.
To JOd:
And if your install CD is at SP-1 but you had SP-2 installed (which is
likely) then you need to create a new install CD that has SP-2
slipstreamed into it. Google should find you plenty of articles on how to
slipstream.
One might note that some install CDs can't be easily (or at all)
slipstreamed if they have other service packs applied. Many Dell install
CDs are like this, and so you can't update them.
http://www.google.com/search?q=%2Bslipstream+%2BWindows+%2B"SP-2";
JOd didn't mention using EFS but if he did then he will still need a copy
of the exported EFS certificate in order to use those EFS-protected files
after the file restore.
Yes, it's very common for users to invoke EFS without understanding the
implications or requirements for exporting and verifying these
certificates.. and it's never good news when that happens.
-pk
To Andrew:
So the "gotcha" is that ntbackup.exe won't run from SP-1 to do a restore
of files that were saved in the .bkf file by the SP-2 version of ntbackup?
Doesn't make sense. These are logical backups; i.e., it reads files using
the file system and saves them into another file using the file system (as
opposed to reading disk sectors to save physical partition images). Are
you saying SP-2 ntbackup cannot read the .bkf files created by SP-1
ntbackup?
.
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