Backup - program not included in System Tools camtraveling 7/3/2007 1:38:00 AM I have Windows XP Home Edition with SP2. I want to run a backup of files but when I go into System Tools the program is not there. Am I missing something? How can I run a backup?

Re: Backup - program not included in System Tools "Jim" <j.n[ at ]nospam.com> 7/3/2007 1:51:50 AM "camtraveling" <camtraveling[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4DC2185E-1D59-4C84-8532-5D5BA3256DF3[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I have Windows XP Home Edition with SP2. I want to run a backup of files >but > when I go into System Tools the program is not there. Am I missing > something? How can I run a backup? Home does not contain ntbackup. You can download it from the XP CD. Jim

Re: Backup - program not included in System Tools "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake[ at ]this.is.am.invalid.domain> 7/3/2007 2:42:54 AM On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:51:50 GMT, "Jim" <j.n[ at ]nospam.com> wrote: [Quoted Text] > > "camtraveling" <camtraveling[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:4DC2185E-1D59-4C84-8532-5D5BA3256DF3[ at ]microsoft.com... > >I have Windows XP Home Edition with SP2. I want to run a backup of files > >but > > when I go into System Tools the program is not there. Am I missing > > something? How can I run a backup? > Home does not contain ntbackup. Sorry, that's *not* correct. Backup is installed automatically on XP Professional, but not on XP Home. If you have the complete XP Home CD, find backup on the CD, in \ValueAdd\MSFT\NTBACKUP and install it yourself by doubleclicking the file ntbackup.msi. If you don't have an XP CD, you can download ntbackup.msi at http://www.onecomputerguy.com/software/ntbackup.msi Also see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302894 > You can download it from the XP CD. No, but you can *install* it from the XP Home CD. -- Ken Blake, Microsoft MVP Windows - Shell/User Please Reply to the Newsgroup

Re: Backup - program not included in System Tools "Jim" <j.n[ at ]nospam.com> 7/3/2007 7:54:22 PM "Ken Blake, MVP" <kblake[ at ]this.is.am.invalid.domain> wrote in message news:kqdj831ol8k4hvo9ksv2a8ilvm28ve07b0[ at ]4ax.com... [Quoted Text] > On Tue, 03 Jul 2007 01:51:50 GMT, "Jim" <j.n[ at ]nospam.com> wrote: > >> >> "camtraveling" <camtraveling[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message >> news:4DC2185E-1D59-4C84-8532-5D5BA3256DF3[ at ]microsoft.com... >> >I have Windows XP Home Edition with SP2. I want to run a backup of >> >files >> >but >> > when I go into System Tools the program is not there. Am I missing >> > something? How can I run a backup? > >> Home does not contain ntbackup. > > > Sorry, that's *not* correct. > > Backup is installed automatically on XP Professional, but not on XP > Home. That is what I meant by "does not contain". Jim

Re: Backup - program not included in System Tools "Harry Ohrn" <harry---[ at ]webtree.ca> 7/4/2007 1:00:41 AM The NTBackup program is not installed on XP Home for a reason and that is because it is a POS. Most home users will be wanting to backup to an optical drive like a CD-R/W or DVDRW and the NTBackup does not have that ability. It is really designed for creating backups to tape drives or a second hard drive. While it is true that retail copies of the XP Home CD contain the app in the ValueAdd directory and that it can be install manually you will find that the version that ships with XP Home is further stripped down to not enable an ASR or full system backup. If you want to do a decent backup job get yourself a third party solution. There are plenty of low cost and even free file backup programs available that are far superior to NTBackup. -- Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell\User] www.webtree.ca/windowsxp "camtraveling" <camtraveling[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4DC2185E-1D59-4C84-8532-5D5BA3256DF3[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I have Windows XP Home Edition with SP2. I want to run a backup of files >but > when I go into System Tools the program is not there. Am I missing > something? How can I run a backup?

Re: Backup - program not included in System Tools "Tony Luxton" <s.a.luxtonDELETETHIS[ at ]talk21.com> 7/6/2007 11:43:23 PM If you try MS Backup and don't like it, you might want to look at this: http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm HTH Tony. "camtraveling" <camtraveling[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4DC2185E-1D59-4C84-8532-5D5BA3256DF3[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I have Windows XP Home Edition with SP2. I want to run a backup of files >but > when I go into System Tools the program is not there. Am I missing > something? How can I run a backup?