On 26/12/12 16:56, Max Quarterpleen wrote:
On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 4:59 AM, Phil <[email protected]
<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
Thank you for reading this somewhat off topic question.
I have been given an old laptop that will have Windows XP removed,
but before I do I'd like to make a complete backup. The previous
owner will surely want to recover some little gem at some time in
the future.
Lucky Backup has served me well and I'm wondering if something
similar is available for Windows. A Google search has uncovered a
huge number of backup utilities but I'm unable to tell which one
would be best for my needs.
Whenever I need to backup anything Windows I just manually copy whatever
I think I may need to an external drive.
You're probably safe if you copy the C:\Documents and Settings directory.
Thanks Max,
That's a good idea and probably all I need since his new laptop has
Windows 8 installed and so there's no need to copy the XP system files.
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Regards,
Phil
