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by medman

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Unless it is hidden away somewhere there does not appear to be a backup applet in Windows XP. If it is tucked away somewhere, can anyone tell me where it is? If not, can anyone point me towards a simple backup prog that will do the job? As I now have the luxury of a CD burner it would seem sensible to backup full copies of my files rather than condensed ones as there is plenty of room on a CD. Does anyone know of a simple prog that will automate this for me? Finally, what system information ought I to include in my backups?

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by mphoffar

Mine is under accessories and then system tools. Of coarse I'm running Pro, never really dealt with the home version.

As far as backing up raw files I think DirectCD from Adaptec (or roxio) will do that, although I don't believe you can automate it without the format it creates.

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by thechas

The first answer showed where backup is in XP Pro.
I started the wizzard, and it is geared towards tape drives.

The XP patch for EasyCD Creator disables the Take Two program which was their back-up program.

I haven't looked for a backup program myself. I just use EasyCD Creator to backup whatever files I want to. You can save jobs after you create them for reuse.

As far as what to back up;
All .dat files in the Documents and settings folder and subfolders.
The Local Services and Network Services folders.
Your activation file wpa.dbl from the Windows\System32 folder. (I backed up all files with created dates and times within a few minutes of the time of the wpa file)
There are probably a few more files in the Windows folder that you should back up. I usually sort by date, and backup most files that have a newer date than the OS files.

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