BACKUPS

The Backup Utility is not installed by default on XP Home. If you have a
retail copy of XP Home it's installer program is located in the ValueAdd
directory. Some OEM CDs do not include it.

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Harry Ohrn MS MVP [Shell/User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"MARK SHERIDAN" <MARSH618@AOL.COM> wrote in message
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> I CAN'T FIND BACKUP ANYWHERE ON MY COMPUTER. I CAN'T FIND
> IT WITH SEARCH EITHER. I'M NOT NEW TO WINDOWS - I WENT
> THROUGH 3.1, 95, AND 98. I'M NEW TO XP HOME.
> HELP! PLEASE.

Go to the valueadd\msft\ntbackup folder on the XP Home Edition cd and
install ntbackup manually by double clicking the file.


--
Michael Solomon MS-MVP
Windows Shell/User
Backup is a PC User's Best Friend

"MARK SHERIDAN" <MARSH618@AOL.COM> wrote in message
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> I CAN'T FIND BACKUP ANYWHERE ON MY COMPUTER. I CAN'T FIND
> IT WITH SEARCH EITHER. I'M NOT NEW TO WINDOWS - I WENT
> THROUGH 3.1, 95, AND 98. I'M NEW TO XP HOME.
> HELP! PLEASE.

"MARK SHERIDAN" <MARSH618@AOL.COM> wrote in message
news:049c01c350b2$90731dd0$a601280a@phx.gbl...

> I CAN'T FIND BACKUP ANYWHERE ON MY COMPUTER. I CAN'T FIND
> IT WITH SEARCH EITHER. I'M NOT NEW TO WINDOWS - I WENT
> THROUGH 3.1, 95, AND 98. I'M NEW TO XP HOME.
> HELP! PLEASE.

How bout turning the caps off.

HOW TO: Install Backup from the CD-ROM in Windows XP Home [Q302894]
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302894

"MARK SHERIDAN" <MARSH618@AOL.COM> wrote in message
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> I CAN'T FIND BACKUP ANYWHERE ON MY COMPUTER. I CAN'T FIND
> IT WITH SEARCH EITHER. I'M NOT NEW TO WINDOWS - I WENT
> THROUGH 3.1, 95, AND 98. I'M NEW TO XP HOME.
> HELP! PLEASE.

Backup is installed automatically on XP Professional, but not on
XP Home. If you have the complete XP Home CD, find backup on the
CD, in \ValueAdd\MSFT\NTBACKUP and install it yourself.

Also see http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=302894

And please don't yell at us. We can hear you if you type
normally, in mixed case.


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Ken Blake
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Mark,
Backup utilities is not installed from the CD-ROM by
default. I'm not sure which of the two CD-ROMS's it is on,
but it is installed seperatly .

>-----Original Message-----
>I CAN'T FIND BACKUP ANYWHERE ON MY COMPUTER. I CAN'T FIND
>IT WITH SEARCH EITHER. I'M NOT NEW TO WINDOWS - I WENT
>THROUGH 3.1, 95, AND 98. I'M NEW TO XP HOME.
>HELP! PLEASE.
>.
>

The Backup utility is not included in the default installation of Windows XP
Home Edition. The Backup icon is not present on the Start menu in Windows XP
Home Edition, nor is Backup listed in Add Remove Programs for Windows XP
Home edition.

This article describes how to install Backup, which is included on the
CD-ROM in the Valueadd folder. To use Backup, you have to install it
manually.

Install Backup from the CD-ROM in Windows XP Home Edition
http://support.microsoft.com/support...s/302/8/94.asp

For OEMs (dont have XP CD), download ntbackup from:
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/software/ntbackup.msi

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Regards,
Ramesh
SRamesh2k@hotmail.com


"Michael" <thetrainmaster@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Mark,
Backup utilities is not installed from the CD-ROM by
default. I'm not sure which of the two CD-ROMS's it is on,
but it is installed seperatly .

>-----Original Message-----
>I CAN'T FIND BACKUP ANYWHERE ON MY COMPUTER. I CAN'T FIND
>IT WITH SEARCH EITHER. I'M NOT NEW TO WINDOWS - I WENT
>THROUGH 3.1, 95, AND 98. I'M NEW TO XP HOME.
>HELP! PLEASE.
>.
>

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 17:01:12 +0530, "Ramesh" <sramesh2k@hotmail.com>
wrote :

>For OEMs (dont have XP CD), download ntbackup from:
>http://www.onecomputerguy.com/software/ntbackup.msi

Or get a better version free:
http://www1.execsoft.com/dklite.exe

It is an improved version of ntbackup by the same authors.

or pay some money and get an even better one from execsoft which
maintains a continual watch and defrags automatically when necessary.
--
Regards,
Peter Wilkins

In article <qq26mvsrvmk54ojur38h3v1egh53l2ee32@4ax.com>,
Peter Wilkins <wilkinsp_nospam@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 17:01:12 +0530, "Ramesh" <sramesh2k@hotmail.com>
>wrote :
>

>
>Or get a better version free:
>http://www1.execsoft.com/dklite.exe

This isn't a backup tool, it's a defrag tool from a company I
refuse to name, known for it's prevasive marketing.

Here's a Safe Computing Tip; Don't download an executable from a
company you are unfamiliar with, based on the say-so of someone on
Usenet without doing a little research first.

I had to hack this url to "www.execsoft.com" to get to the company's
web page and make sure they hadn't added a backup utility to their
one and only product.

Oh, yes. My undertanding is that the company that wrote MS ntbackup
was eithe Seagate or Veritas and they may have sold off any interest
in retail backup software.


--
Al Dykes
-----------
adykes@panix.com

The OP wants a backup utility not a defrag utility.

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Harry Ohrn MS-MVP [Shell\User]
www.webtree.ca/windowsxp


"Peter Wilkins" <wilkinsp_nospam@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message
news:qq26mvsrvmk54ojur38h3v1egh53l2ee32@4ax.com...
On Sat, 13 Sep 2003 17:01:12 +0530, "Ramesh" <sramesh2k@hotmail.com>
wrote :

>For OEMs (dont have XP CD), download ntbackup from:
>http://www.onecomputerguy.com/software/ntbackup.msi

Or get a better version free:
http://www1.execsoft.com/dklite.exe

It is an improved version of ntbackup by the same authors.

or pay some money and get an even better one from execsoft which
maintains a continual watch and defrags automatically when necessary.
--
Regards,
Peter Wilkins

On 13 Sep 2003 09:00:27 -0400, adykes@panix.com (Al Dykes) wrote :

>In article <qq26mvsrvmk54ojur38h3v1egh53l2ee32@4ax.com>,
>Peter Wilkins <wilkinsp_nospam@ozemail.com.au> wrote:

>
>This isn't a backup tool, it's a defrag tool from a company I
>refuse to name, known for it's prevasive marketing.
>

Sorry, I'm senile. I had just done a defrag and automatically
translated backup to defrag when I read the post.
Abject apologies.
--
Regards,
Peter Wilkins