I need help on a complete "up to this day" backup on a laptop not having backup file on c drive or install cd

Downloaded the backup file off of net to no avail, my computer uses XP Home, can't retrieve backup from install disk, I have a full version of Nero, just need a complete backup of c drive with start(boot) disk when needed to use with up to date things if a new c drive needed to be installed.

I need help on a complete "up to this day" backup on a laptop not having backup file on c drive or install cd
I can't understand why you would want to back up the entire C: drive if the OS needed to be reinstalled. Reason being that if the OS did need to be reinstalled your entire back up of drive C: really does you no good. If you backup all of C: at this point it is a snap shot of the current state of your system and if you had to reload the OS; using a snap shot to restore your information will not work.





Really all you need to backup is your Documents %26amp; Settings folder. This folder is the root folder for any users on your machine....and it will backup all of your my documents info including my music, my pictures, etc....





If you have to reinstall your operating system, you will also needed to reinstall any programs that have been installed between the time you bought this machine and now. Good luck.
Reply:Do you have any other computers on your network? If you have an always-on machine, you could buy an external hard drive, plug it up to the always-on machine, and setup a network file share. Then setup the laptop to make daily backups to the network drive.





EDIT: Are you trying to make a backup of the DATA on your hard drive, or do you need an extra copy of your Windows XP disc? If you need the latter, you'll have to just purchase a new disc.

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