replicator then from www.karenware.com But you really should consider xcopy and check the archives
And something like acronis for base - get back to a booting OS - backup image of your boot partition ( V7 was free with a magazine recently) JimB ----- Original Message ----- From: "mwarmour" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 9:31 PM Subject: Re: Backing up to external hard drive > Thanks, Jim. Like I said, I'm a beginner at this, so I think I'll need to go > for a software program. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "James Button" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 3:05 PM > Subject: Re: Backing up to external hard drive > > > > Hopefully when the drive connects to your PC, it gets allocated one, or > > more > > partition id letters > > ( If you have formatted it ) > > > > > > Set up a bat file of xcopy commands > > (optionally get xxcopy) > > or replicator from www.Karenware,com > > > > Check google and the archives for more detail including the options to use > > on dos copy > > > > - you won't be able to copy all the files from your OS partition - > > indeed you shouldn't do the backup of your OS partition as a file copy run > > under that OS > > > > Ideally, use a partition backup/imaging application to take a restorable > > copy of the OS partition, > > then use xcopy to backup your data files on a regular basis > > > > you can even get a bat file to backup the entire set of data to a new > > directory including the date in it's name > > and - optionally only backup changed files most days of the week - with a > > fuller copy once a week/month > > > > JimB > > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "mwarmour" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[email protected]> > > Sent: Friday, September 30, 2005 4:37 PM > > Subject: Backing up to external hard drive > > > > > > This must have been covered in the past, but I'm hoping someone will be > > patient enough to tell me where to find the info I need. I just bought a > > Maxtor external hard drive for backing up my Dell Inspiron laptop (WinXP > > Home). I want to copy my entire C drive, Outlook Express files and > > Favorites, then do scheduled incremental backups. (I'm pretty much a > > beginner at this.) I tried the Windows backup program but it requires > > using > > a floppy and I don't have a floppy disk drive. My Dell tech support chat > > session about this could be a standup comedian's script if he could do a > > good Indian accent. > > > > Maureen > > -- ---------------------------------------- WIN-HOME Archives: http://PEACH.EASE.LSOFT.COM/archives/WIN-HOME.html Contact the List Owner about anything: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Official Win-Home List Members Profiles Page http://www.besteffort.com/winhome/Profiles.html
