Win XP Backup Utility

Charles

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When "Backing up all the information on this computer" to an external hard
drive the existing information on the hard drive is also backed up. Is there
a way to prevent this?
 
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HOW TO: Use Backup to Back Up Files and Folders on Your Computer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308422&Product=winxp

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"charles" wrote:

| When "Backing up all the information on this computer" to an external hard
| drive the existing information on the hard drive is also backed up. Is there
| a way to prevent this?
 
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charles wrote:

> When "Backing up all the information on this computer" to an external hard
> drive the existing information on the hard drive is also backed up. Is there
> a way to prevent this?

So you want to back up information that doesn't exist?