Re: backup catch-22

Husky wrote:

I completely forgot about the built in M$ backup program, and it's more
than enough [I'm guessing] to restore my C:\\ OS next time it craps out..

It's already backed up the C:\ partition. And then it occurred to me, the
only time I'd be using this backup is when the OS goes out to lunch as it
has done many times before. But.... catch-22.. The OS backup program is
in the C:\ partition. Meaning it could very well crap out when the OS
goes. Last time everything cascaded to where re-format, reinstall was the
only option.

And I'm trying to make this backup work so I don't have to re-install 100
programs plus the OS again, and all the settings.

Can the XP backup program be copied to another drive and work from there
if C: becomes trashed ?

The backup utility that comes with XP is NOT designed for (or capable of)
doing a complete disk backup. It's primarily designed to backup data ONLY
and then onto a tape drive, not any other media.

To accomplish what you ant, you need some sort of disk imaging program -
Norton Ghost and Acronis are the two that are usually mentioned in this
respect, but there is also BootIt that does the same.

HTH
--
Gordon Burgess-Parker
Interim Systems and Management Accounting
www.gbpcomputing.co.uk
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