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"Ted Zieglar" <teddyz@notmail.com> kirjoitti viestissä
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> Wow, what a great question. We wish more people would take such an
interest
> in backing up. It's the single most important thing you can do to ensure
> problem-free computing.
>
> Backup is a huge topic that is way beyond the limited scope of a newsgroup
> posting. The Internet is filled with good information about backing up,
and
> I encourage you to read as much as you can on the subject. For a new user,
> PC World Online (www.pcworld.com) will start you off in the right
direction.
> What follows is a very general introduction:
>
> At a minimum, you need to backup your personal files. That means your
> documents, spreadsheets, photos, music and videos. All you need to do is
to
> copy them to recordable CDs. Do this often, so you'll always have recent
> copies of your personal files. You can save time by not backing up what
> already exists elsewhere. For example: If you transferred a music CD to
your
> computer, there's no need to backup that if you own the CD.
>
> For most people, the next thing to backup is their email address book and
> their e-mail messages. For this you may consult Tom Koch, the unheralded
> master of backing up Outlook Express. Find his instructions at Inside
> Outlook Express (http://www.insideoutlookexpress.com/). You may also want
to
> backup your Favorites. This is most easily done within Internet Explorer:
Go
> to File > Import and Export and 'export' your Favorites to My Documents.
> Now, your Favorites will be backed up every time you backup the contents
of
> My Documents.
>
> At this point, you'll want to consider something more sophisticated than
> just copying files to CDs. Time to look for backup software. There is a
ton
> of this available. To sort things out, look for reviews in the popular
> computer e-zines, such as PC World and PC Magazine (www.pcmag.com) and
CNet
> (www.cnet.com). Backup software will make backing up more convenient; if
> it's more convenient you'll be glad to do it more often. Windows has its
own
> backup software - called ntbackup - but it doesn't backup directly to CDs.
>
> The next step is to backup your software, meaning Windows and all your
> applications. Some backup software can do this, but the best way to go is
> with something called 'disk imaging' software. Disk imaging gets rather
> complicated, so you may want to wait until you have more experience before
> trying it. Basically, an image is a bit-by-bit exact copy of your entire
> hard disk. You can image your entire hard disk in minutes and restore it
> just as quickly. It's the ultimate backup solution. Look at Ghost 9.0 by
> Symantec and True Image 8.0 by Acronis.
>
> System Restore is not a method of backing up. System Restore creates
restore
> points, which contain your registry and some essential system and user
> files. The idea behind System Restore is to restore enough of the
essential
> guts of Windows to get you back to the user interface if you run into
> trouble. From the user interface you can troubleshoot (hopefully) whatever
> caused your problem in the first place.
>
> When you need to backup your registry, just create a restore point. If
there
> is a problem with your registry or with one of the system or user files
> contained in a restore point, you can quickly replace them with known good
> copies. Don't use a restore point that is more than a few days old: the
> mixture of old registry entries and new files can destabilize your system.
> --
> Ted Zieglar
>
>
> <martymkm@webtv.net> wrote in message
> news:1540-41C1B4B6-199@storefull-3114.bay.webtv.net...
> > I have WXP SP2 (with a cd-writer) that is humming right along with
> > Norton firewall & AV, Spybot, Ad-Aware, Spywareblaster, and Spyware
> > guard. The thing is I keep reading about backing up this and that,
> > registry, files. etc. Could you please tell me (or point me in the right
> > direction) of how and/or what I need to do? TIA
> >
> > Happy Holidays; Marty
> >
>
>
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