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MS please fix the broken backup and restore center
Andrew E eckric...@msn.com microsoft public windowsxp perform_maintain Youre best bet for back-up is to use the file transfer wizard. Set computer as old,transfer data to a folder that you create,when its thru, transfer data from folder to a cd.It beats back-up and microsoft techs will recommend it over that,all

IN NEED OF HELP BACKING UP FILES !!!
You can then use Ghost to backup the partition/drive to the other partition/drive and then copy the Ghost files to CDR. See - http://www.gmayor.com/Norton_Ghost.htm -- <>>< ><<> ><<> <>>< ><<> <>>< <>>< ><<> Graham Mayor - Word MVP E-mail gma...@mvps.org Web site www.gmayor.com Word MVP web site www.mvps.org/word

Backing up to a remote (PC) disc
The backup process simply copies the extents from the disk to the backup file. There is virtually no intelligence or logic that would account for a situation Are you 100% certain that the backup files are created by the right SQL Server instance? Ie, create some crap table in the database and see if that table

Backing up files
If you do the second backup to a different backup file Test1.BAK, it will appear as 0 bytes and eventually grow in size. If you cancel this backup, Test1.BAK will disappear. However, I'm actually more interested in how SQL Server handles the space when backing up a database over existing backup files.

Installing SP2 without backing up files & docs
Cool-as-Ice on_the_r...@hotmail.com nf comp misc just back up important things like pictures or txt files or just about anything you don't want to lose... and/or programs you have downloaded that you don't want to download again... all other basics are on the cd..for you to re-install again if necessary "Nico"

Backing up Files on a Laptop
What do people do to back up today? What software/hardware? Do you back up the whole drive? just date files? I have no clue. I read of someone on this group who keeps a mirroring hard drive. How does that work? I see that a 40GB firewire drive is less than $300. There are at least two ways to backup files on large

Options for backing up files?
Andrew E. eckric...@msn.com microsoft public windowsxp accessibility Youre better off not useing "Backup",use the File-Transfer-Wizard,set computer as old,save the data to a new folder you created,when its thru, transfer new folder to a cd.This way all youre files,settings,music etc. are saved,if anything crashes

backing up files to a phillips cdrw
John Hanley jphan...@ix.netcom.com microsoft public windows vista general The algorithm they use to decide about full vs. incremental backups can be found here: http://cfsbloggers.members.winisp.net/backup_fullvsincrementall.jpg A new, complete file backup will result in creating another Backup Set;

Backing up outlook 2003
Second, can you copy any file at all to your CD-RW? Even just using WIndows Explorer? Brandy wrote: First, a short explanation: I just recently got a new computer with Windows XP. Was using Windows 98 SE on old computer. I use Word Perfect 8.0.0.393 for my work and back up all of my files to disks (CD-RW).

Backing up and retrieving Outlook Express messages
Steve Cochran scoch...@chattanooga.net microsoft public inetexplorer ie5 outlookexpress stationery Also read the help file in Regedit to understand what the Steve's info on backups referred to backing up certain Registry Keys. Where are they and how do I back them up? Also, twice this morning I got this:

What type of backup does Vista perform?
I used Explorer to view the backup files on the external disk and only see the existing My Documents sub-folders. I assume that the modified files were overwritten and It would seem that overwriting the full backup set would be the "space saver." If incremental only backs up files modifed since the last backup,

Backing up files
I've backed up on an external HD all the files I wish to back up using the XP backup tool. This being my first attempt at this exercise, I want to review what I've backed up. When I look in my external drive I see the windows backup file which indicates the size of the data. What I am not able to do is open the

Backing Up FIles
Jon_Hildrum Jon_Hild...@msn.com microsoft public win98 gen_discussion Marsha, You cannot back up the system to floppies. it would take far to many floppies. If you are backing up to floppies then first consider what information do you not want to loose - typically this would be data files and documents - maybe mail

Problems backing up files to disk
JimH henr...@nospam.mindspring.com alt comp software financial quicken XS11E wrote: Steve JORDI <stevejordiK__I_L_LSP...@hotmail.com> wrote: Yes, it definitely looks like it's not possible to avoid those backup files. Oh well, I'll keep deleting them manually before synchronizing my various hard drives.

backup philosophy question
Best thing to do is to create zip files of each of your top level directories. This will ensure all filetypes are preserved and copying large files across a network is vastly quicker than lots of small files. Having a number of zip files means you don't loose the entire backup from one corruption. DONT use !

External Hard Drive Questions
I installed the XP back-up utility today and learned that I would have to copy to lots and lots of 3.5" floppies and then burn to my DVD. Ugh! I would like software where I could click once and all data files would be backed up to DVD. Any suggestions? Documented DVD/R Support: Norton Ghost:

backing up files
http://www.linux-watch.com/news/NS9015653445.html Will bad backups doom Windows Home Server? ,----[ Quote ] Microsoft just announced it's working on Windows Home Server, which among other features, will automatically back up files on all PCs in the home. But if the product uses the same kind of brain-dead backup

IN NEED OF HELP BACKING UP FILES !!!
I want to back up my files. When I use the back up wizard, it prompts me to store the files in the MMC/SD (F:) drive. I know its a removable storage drive, but what device do i need to buy to insert into this drive? Is this the best way to back up files periodically? Thanks XP back up does not permit backing up to

Backup Files Space Problem
Regards, Bert Kinney [MS-MVP DTS] http://dts-l.org/ How to Configure Outlook Express for Internet News: http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?kbid=171164 "Sara Reynolds" wrote My windows 98 book says to go to start, accessories, system tools and choose backup to back up files to a cd/dvd drive - there is no

Backing up files
Ronnie Vernon MVP r...@mvps.org microsoft public windowsxp help_and_support et tovo wrote: I have a problem backing up files and folders on Windows XP. The CD drive does not respond. and the CD Writin tasks box does not appear. Any opinions on this? Janet You need to give us more information about what you are