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Back up utility for windows xp home

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by gerrypeggy

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I got a new emachine and it had windows xp home installed in.It does not have the back up utility installed.All the infromation I find says that it can be installed for the CD,but all that came with it are thr recovery disks.I get no help from Microsoft at all.Is their a place to download this file with out the having the disk? Thanks for any help you can give.
Gerald Beveridge

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by lmon

You can contact emachine and they will send you disks. Or you can call them and they should be able to walk you through the process. Also one of the cd that was issued to you should have the recovery.

by lmon

Or it may be already on your hard drive on a partition of its own like hp does. You may have to restart the computer and then hit one of the following f2,f8, f10, repeatedly to get the recovery screen

by edlockett

Your recovery CD is a valid windows install source. You can install backup from add/remove programs.

by thechas

Just a side note here.

Windows Backup ONLY supports backing up to tape or floppy drives.

If you plan to back up to CD or DVD disks, you will need a 3rd party backup solution.

Check out the links at www.nonags.com and www.snapfiles.com

As answer 2 stated, you should be able to install Windows components from the Add/Remove Programs applet in Control Panel.
Just click on Windows components and select from the available options.
The installation program should end up installing from your hard drive, or prompt you for the CD.

Chas

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