Windows XP Backup to RW DVD
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timothyb89
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You can make a Windows Live CD. It's mainly for data recovery and repair, but it might be what you're looking for:
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
You'll need your Windows disk for it to work (Hopefully it's not OEM) but it works pretty well and it only about (for the base image) 100 MBs.
You can add programs and you SHOULD be able to add files.
http://www.nu2.nu/pebuilder/
You'll need your Windows disk for it to work (Hopefully it's not OEM) but it works pretty well and it only about (for the base image) 100 MBs.
You can add programs and you SHOULD be able to add files.
Did you know you can use the free ReactOS to clone a Windows installation to another drive? http://www.reactos.org/xhtml/en/index.html The same has been said about the free Knoppix Live for cd distro. http://www.knoppix.net/wiki/Main_Page
Thanks to the three of you so far but these are not the answers to my question. Early DOS and Windows OS's had a backup command which allowed COMPLETE System Hard Disks to be backed up to, and restored from a set of Floppy Disks. The command automatically spanned multiple diskettes and prompted when it required a new disk to be inserted into the drive.
Windows XP has a Removable Media Management Console which allows the creation of Media Pools of multiple CD's, DVD's and Tapes as well as setting up Libraries from the physical drive such as the Burner, a Jukebox or Tape drive. The documentation on this feature says that the Media (ie disks) from that pool are made available to applications and actually mentions "Backup".
The documentation on the Win XP backup program says the it can be used with "Removable Media" to a Media Pool of whichever type has been setup.
I've tried all this but the backup program will not prompt for the manual change to the next disk.
Has anybody ever done it? I know about 3rd party backup programs but I want to know why a feature in the earliest DOS / Windows OS's is now apparently not available. A Google search finds many entries where people say that Microsoft Backup cannot be used to span multiple disks to create a full system backup. Why not?
Windows XP has a Removable Media Management Console which allows the creation of Media Pools of multiple CD's, DVD's and Tapes as well as setting up Libraries from the physical drive such as the Burner, a Jukebox or Tape drive. The documentation on this feature says that the Media (ie disks) from that pool are made available to applications and actually mentions "Backup".
The documentation on the Win XP backup program says the it can be used with "Removable Media" to a Media Pool of whichever type has been setup.
I've tried all this but the backup program will not prompt for the manual change to the next disk.
Has anybody ever done it? I know about 3rd party backup programs but I want to know why a feature in the earliest DOS / Windows OS's is now apparently not available. A Google search finds many entries where people say that Microsoft Backup cannot be used to span multiple disks to create a full system backup. Why not?
I haven't done it? But I know about the following paid service from MS.
Windows Live OneCare Backup and Restore
Backup and Restore makes it easy to protect your important files. You can back them up to the location of your choice: external hard disk, CDs, or DVDs. No matter which type of backup you choose, Windows Live OneCare reminds you when your files need backing up, and can even back up your files automatically if you use an external hard disk drive. Keeping up-to-date backups helps protect your important data from loss or corruption due to accidental deletion, malicious attacks, or hard disk failure. You can restore files from your backups to your original computer, or to any other computer that is running Windows Live OneCare. http://www.windowsonecare.com/prodinfo/backuprestoredetails.aspx
The home page for the service offers a 90 trial period. http://www.windowsonecare.com/Default.aspx
Windows Live OneCare Backup and Restore
Backup and Restore makes it easy to protect your important files. You can back them up to the location of your choice: external hard disk, CDs, or DVDs. No matter which type of backup you choose, Windows Live OneCare reminds you when your files need backing up, and can even back up your files automatically if you use an external hard disk drive. Keeping up-to-date backups helps protect your important data from loss or corruption due to accidental deletion, malicious attacks, or hard disk failure. You can restore files from your backups to your original computer, or to any other computer that is running Windows Live OneCare. http://www.windowsonecare.com/prodinfo/backuprestoredetails.aspx
The home page for the service offers a 90 trial period. http://www.windowsonecare.com/Default.aspx
The ReactOS can do that by cloning the current installation to a second drive. What I found through the years was to create folders set aside for updates, system utilities, bitmap and wav files, IE 6, DX Full install redistributions, and the list goes on, and simply create cd-r and data dvd backups that way. It saves a lot of hassles to trying to go what disk goes in first to start a recovery since all I do there is create new storage folders on the primary as well as secondary drive.
If you trash a drive or get hit with a virus you don't have to worry about wiping a drive and losing everything. On the older versions of Windows you could even save wear and tear on installation disks by dragging the installation files into a folder and reinstall from there. You also had any needed drivers stored in a folder in case the cd was needed. You can do something to that effect with XP by copying the I386 folder onto the drive in case something has to be expanded from there to even overwrite system files that get damaged or deleted.
If you trash a drive or get hit with a virus you don't have to worry about wiping a drive and losing everything. On the older versions of Windows you could even save wear and tear on installation disks by dragging the installation files into a folder and reinstall from there. You also had any needed drivers stored in a folder in case the cd was needed. You can do something to that effect with XP by copying the I386 folder onto the drive in case something has to be expanded from there to even overwrite system files that get damaged or deleted.