Installing and using Windows backup software

A little known add on shipped free on the XP home edition is Windows XP Home Edition Backup. It’s a very basic piece of backup software, but it is less crude than doing it by hand and best of all its free once you own XP home edition.

To begin installing it, place the XP Installation CD in the computer
A screen identical to the one below should appear (If it does not, you will need to go into My Computer and right click on the drive in which the CD is placed and select Auto play)



Fig. 1
Select Perform Additional Tasks



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Select Browse this CD



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Select the VALUEADD folder



Fig. 4
Select the MSFT folder



Fig.5
Select the NTBACKUP Folder




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Click to run the NTBACKUP installer (NTBACKUP.MSI)


The Installer is fully automated; it will run without any user interaction. Let it install, and once it has finished, click the Finish button.
NT backup is now installed.

How to use NT Backup

Press Start > Control Panel > Performance and Maintenance

Once you have loaded up Performance and maintenance you will see there is a new addition to the menu – Backup your data . Select this and the Backup and Restore Wizard will load.



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The wizard is fairly intuitive, follow each screen to create your backup.


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