Thursday, November 04, 2004, Mica Mijatovic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > .....
>> Do I need some specific settings in WinXP? [I am the only user on that >> computer; so I don't have to "log in" or anything.] > Yes, you'd need. You may set this up in Windows Explorer (I think it is > somewhere under "View" menu), The WinXP in Windows Explorer is already set to "Show hidden files and folders" and "Hide protected operating system files" is also unchecked. But I still cannot open the "System Volume Information" folder. Have you open that folder and copied any files from that folder? If not, would you try and let me know? I am simply trying to use TC to make a full backup copy of my C: drive (a new installation of WinXP); so that if I need to reinstall a clean copy of WinXP, I can simply do a copy from this backup and it would be mostly all configured. > but as Miguel said, it is a sensitive > thing: if we do not know exactly what we are doing we can screw our > system up very easily, which is not a big tragedy since Windows does it > to itself by definition and on a regular basis, but the only problem is > then that you'd need to reinstall it again and most of if not all the > programs as well, somewhere along the way loosing perhaps few of your > important or even precious documents - and all of this needs some TIME, > some for work and some for mourning, which may be done simultaneously or > separately, depending on attitude we grow in such moments, or on our > specific habits, dictated by our particular culture, being it our > personal one, or of some wider nature we as individuals accept and obey > to, preferably willingly. I appreciate your kind note of caution. But I resent Miguel's tone (and people like him) who jumps to conclusion and thinks he knows it all when he couldn't possibly have. -- Thanks in advance JM Using The Bat! 1.62r Under Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A ________________________________________________ Current version is 3.0.1.33 | 'Using TBUDL' information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html

