wat can back up in system tools of win xp do?
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Partition your HD and keep back up there...
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There is no such magic script to "save" all your work. You cannot hope to preserve all your data, and here is why.\n\nThree broad types of information are involved - actually overlapping in Windows, and sometimes protected by encripting - both intentional (rare) or DRM (a devilish idea imposed by greedy content providers). \n\nFirst, operating system and application programs are the broadest category, which also exist on the original CD's or other media. \n\nSecond, settings and preferences are the next level and that information is (in Windows OS) scattered everywhere or in as many as four locations (in Linux OS). \n\nThe last category is data you have created, which is mostly in your home directory but can be anywhere, and often is in formats particular to the creating program. Don't get me started on proprietary formats, Windows' ace-in-the-hole in defending its monopoly.\n\nYou are likely in the "too infested to survive any more" mode that can be expected within as little as six months of running Windows on the Internet. You have my sympathy.\n\nThe old "format and start over" trick is no longer viable with Windows, because you will get re-infected before current patches and updates are downloaded. It simply can no longer be done except as a temporary "fix" by those not worried about being a Zombie to someone's Spam Factory. Not to mention the agonies of going out and finding missing drivers and the need to re-install your applications - and the risk of Microsoft deciding your installation is illegal.\n\nHaving been in the computer consulting field for many many years, it is my informed opinion that the situation with Windows on the Internet went to impossible about five years ago.\n\nSo, this is what I recommend. Note that this solution does NOT require you to back up or risk losing existing data on your Windows partition!\n\n1. Download and burn the Big Daddy ISO image from http://pclinuxos.com/ and boot the CD on your Windows computer. Get on the Internet with Linux and access your Windows files from Linux.\n\n2. After you have confidence that this arrangement actually works, click the installation icon on the desktop. Proceed to make your Windows partition about 10 gigabytes smaller (assuming you have that much to spare) and install the PCLinuxOS to the hard drive in its own partition.\n\nYou now have a fully-functioning dual-boot system. No more need to spend money on third-party malware programs - never. Not even the need to pay for programs in general, actually - and it is all legal.
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copy ur entire windows folder to a dvd ... if u ever need the drivers go to device manager and update driver ... point it to ur dvd and itl find them .. backup ur registry while ur at it and save that to a dvd to ... heres how::::\n\n                                    BACKUP\n\nHow to Back Up Files and Folders\nNote You must have permissions as an administrator or as a backup operator on your computer to back up files and folders. Also, backup operators and administrators can back up and restore encrypted files and folders without decrypting the files or folders.\n1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Backup. The Backup or Restore Wizard starts.\n2. Click Advanced Mode.\n3. Click the Backup tab.\n4. On the Job menu, click New.\n5. Click to select the check boxes for the drives that you want to back up. If you want to be more specific in your selections, expand the drive that you want, and then click to select the check boxes for the files or folders that you want.\n6. Click to select the System State check box.\n\nNote If you want to back up your system settings and your data files, back up all the data on your computer plus the System State data. The System State data includes such things as the registry, the COM+ class registration database, files under Windows File Protection, and boot files.\n7. In the Backup destination list, click the backup destination that you want to use.\n8. If you clicked File in the previous step, type the full path and file name that you want in the Backup media or file name box. You can also specify a network share as a destination for the backup file.\n9. Click Start Backup. The Backup Job Information dialog box appears.\n10. Under If the media already contains backups, use one of the following steps:\n• If you want to append this backup to previous backups, click Append this backup to the media.\n• If you want to overwrite previous backups with this backup, click Replace the data on the media with this backup.\n11. Click Advanced.\n12. Select the Verify data after backup check box.\n13. In the Backup Type box, click the type of backup that you want. When you click a backup type, a description of that backup type appears under "Description."\n14. Click OK, and then click Start Backup. A Backup Progress dialog box appears, and the backup starts.\n15. When the backup is complete, click Close.\n\n\n                                    RESTORE\n\n\nNote You must have administrative or backup operator credentials on your computer to restore files and folders. Backup operators and administrators can back up and restore encrypted files and folders without decrypting the files or folders.\n\nTo restore files and folders, follow these steps:\n1. Click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, point to System Tools, and then click Backup. The Backup or Restore Wizard starts.\n2. Click Advanced Mode.\n3. Click the Restore and Manage Media tab.\n4. Use one of the following steps:\n• If you want to restore from a backup file, expand File, and then expand the backup file that you want. For example, expand Backup.bkf created 01/01/2002 at 1:15 PM. By default, backup includes the date and time of the backup as part of the file name.\n• If you want to restore from a tape backup, expand the tape device that you want, and then expand the media name that you want. For example, expand Travan, and then expand Media created 01/01/2002 1:15 PM.\n5. Select the check boxes for the folders that you want to restore. If you want to be more specific in your selections, double-click the folder that you want, and then select the check boxes for the files or folders that you want to restore.\n6. If you are restoring the whole operating system, select the System State check box.\n\nNote If you want to restore the operating system and your data files, you must restore the System State data. The System State data includes such things as the re
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sorry my dear, in this way u,ll lose ur data as its not a proper way of back up.\n if u want a backup of this windows u have to use GHOST software and creat a backup file and save it into ur D:/ drive, and than install ur windows again, so u will lose the data and updates softwares.but if now u want to get back ur previous winodws than u ca use the GHOST`s backup tahts saved in D:/ drive, it will restore ur hole winodws to the previous state.
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If you are not formatting C drive then you need not copy any thing except the folder "my documents" the rest will stay as it is .After reinstaling you can load all your programs .
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Go to this website, and it will explain, what you need to back up..I hope this helps you..Good Luck..\nhttp://www.microsoft.com/athome/security/update/backup.mspx
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you can use format master soft to backup of data,then first u restart your computer and go to boot menu by pressing f11 or f8 key ,then choose boot and select boot menu as cd drive and then exit by save changes,\n\nnow open your cd drive and put xp newest cd,and restart your computer then follow the steps
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on a hidden folder called "System Volume Information"\non every partition u set System restore to monitor from \n(Control Panel-->System--->System Restore)
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By any chance did you make your folder private before reinstalling Windows?  I did the same thing and it took me awhile to figure out how to access the data.\n\nYou need to use Windows backup to backup the data and then you can restore it.  At one point, you will have the option to only back up the data or to back up the data and the security.  Only back up the data and then after restoring it, you will be able to access your files.\n\nIf you have XP Pro, then this utility is already installed.  If you have XP home, then you need to install it from the CD.  See the article below for full details on installing and using this utility.\n\nGood luck!
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I'm assuming you have Microsoft Windows.  I hope you do, becuase I don't know much about other operating systems.  A backup will not free up space on your hard drive.  To do that, you should try, first of all, to defragment your hard drive.  You should also do this at regular intervals, once every other month or so.  \nTo defragment your hard drive, go to the start menu.  In XP, open "All Programs", then "Accessories". Go to "System Tools", and click on "Disk Defragmentor".  This will open a window.  Select the drive you want to defragment (there should be only one, unless you have more than one drive, or have an external device).  Click "Analyze".  This will cause the program to read the files on your hard drive.  \nMany times when you save files on your hard drive, they will not all be saved on the same track on your hard drive (kind of like tracks on a CD, if that helps you understand).  The disk defragmentor moves the physical files on your harddrive so that they are continuous.  This doesn't change file names or anything like that, just their physical location on the disk.  This helps the hard drive perform faster, since it doesn't have to look as hard for each file.  \nAfter the defragment program has run (it may take a while), go back to the "System Tools" and click on "Disk Cleanup".  This is going to take a long time, whether your computer is usually fast or not.  Just follow the directions.  It will scan your files on you drive.  It will compress old files, or ones that aren't used very often, and delete temporary files.  Those are usually like files that websites use to keep track of you, cookies, etc.  For example, Yahoo! uses cookies to keep track of your preferences, like what color you want, things like that.  You don't really need these files.  In older Windows operating systems, the procedures are basically the same.
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Boot to DOS, then run NTFSDOS. It will only allow you to read the files, but that should be enough to backup your stuff.\n\nhttp://www.sysinternals.com/Utilities/NtfsDos.html\n\nIf the problem is more serious or if you have larger files you need to back up, I'd recommend purchasing VCOM Fix-It Utilities 6 Professional. You can find it at Amazon.
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Windows XP is a protected operating system which means it usually can't be copied.  If it could be copied, people all over the world would be giving copies to their friends and Microsoft wouldn't be making any money :-)  Having said that, there's a couple of things you can try.\n\nHave you tried doing a custom startup to see if you can "uncorrupt" your system?  At startup,  press the F8 key repeatedly and it will take you to an Advanced Options Menu.  One of the choices will be Last Known Good Configuration.  Use the up/down arrows to highlight it and press enter.  It will try to boot XP using the last hardware configuration that actually worked. If this fails you can again access the Advanced Options Menu. This time highlight Safe Mode and see if you can use a System Restore Point that will return your machine to a time in the past before the corruption occurred. (Click start > help and support > system restore > restore my computer to an earlier time > next > follow prompts.) I'd scroll throught the calendar and pick the earliest restore point you see (maybe in a previous month.)  And if this doesn't help, you can try looking through your system files and recovery disk for XP setup.exe.\n\nIf you can access safe mode, try to run a full system search for something called an i386 file. This file (if it's on your computer hard drive) will be at least 200MB, probably closer to 500MB and is an exact copy of the Windows XP operating system.  If you have it, you can use it to reinstall XP. If it's on your hard drive you'd have to copy it to a separate disk because any formatting of the hard drive erases everything, including the i386. So I'd try an advanced search.\nClick start > search > all files and folders.\nType in i386 in the all or part of file name box.\nLook In: My Computer (using drop down arrow.)\nClick on More Advanced Options.\nCheck mark Search System Folders, Hidden Files and Folders and Subfolders. Uncheck the last 2 items.\nRun the search. You might find some i386 files that are 50MB or so but the one you need will be at least a couple hundred MB.  This article gives a bit more info about the i386 file:\n\nhttp://ask-leo.com/so_just_what_is_the_i386_directory_anyway.html\n\nFinally, if you can't find the i386 on the hard drive, I'd put your recovery CD in the reader and look for the i386 on it.  If you find it, the i386 should contain a setup.exe file that should get you going again, or you might find an XP setup.exe file all by itself. But no guarantees.  Hope this helps and good luck.\n\nplrr
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delte iton ur other program than reload on to the xp
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open start menu then programs then accessories then system tools then u will find the backup tool there. back up the part that you want into a safe place on your harddisk or u can burn it into a cd or dvd. or you can a program that makes an image of your hard disk like norton ghost so all u need in case of crash is restore the fresh copy that you have
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Well if you formated you HD then you really cant back up the info inless you have a professional recover the info or slave it to another computer and use a 3 party program. You can find them online. \n\nIf you have already formated the drive, What i would attempt to just suck it up and try reinstalling the OS. if it doesnt boot then there must be something up with the boot loader or a currupted file somewhere on the system which is making it reboot. Also is the xp disk that you are using a valid disk and not a copy. if its a copy it might have been during the copy that a file got currpted. Also is the hard in good condition. If there is a bad sector or section on the hard drive that is not mark, when it load the os it will place important file in that sector which in turn cause issues. try running check disk to make it mark the bad sector on the hard drive.  You also might want to try using the ASR on the xp disk. The will try and recover your os. But no gurentee that it will.
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I am guessing you made the system backup using Windows XP so you should be able to restore it the same way.  Go to START > PROGRAMS > ACCESSORIES > SYSTEM TOOLS > BACKUP.  You will then see an option to restore from a backup.\n\nI hope this is what you're looking for.\n\nGood luck!
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back up data and format install windows plus software to protect your system avast and noadwre will help