When I 1st plugged in the comp., Cust service instructed me to make 2 CDs to re-install the comps specs. back to factory settings if the need ever arose. SUPPOSEDLY- you can get the Back-up program from there....Oh yeah????? Ref: Your weekly back-up, not restore pts.
2006-09-10 04:31:11 · 4 answers · asked by bart4play 3 in Computers & Internet ➔ Security
Here is how to activate the backup utility in your XP home edition:
http://www.winxptutor.com/ntbackup.htm
2006-09-10 10:13:47 · answer #1 · answered by jibberjabar 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Windows XP does have a backup program. However, only with XP Professional is this program installed by default.
If you're running the XP Home flavor, then you need to run the "Add Windows Components" dialog in the "Add/Remove Programs" Control Panel applet. The Backup.exe program is kept on the operating system CD.
However ... you do need the operating system CD for that. The recovery CDs you made when you first booted your computer likely will not help you.
2006-09-10 12:20:22 · answer #2 · answered by SecurityFreak 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
you may be able to download the cd's from the manufacturer of your pc, or look through your menu's for an appliction to do so, most back up software your talking about sits in a hidden partition on your drive use tools menu /folder options and select show all files to find the folder, it may have a backup start icon.
2006-09-10 11:36:32 · answer #3 · answered by **Xp_mAn_Xp** 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
buy yourself a USB drive, walmart has 1 gig for 50 bucks or less, keep anything worth keeping on those, as for back up,, why bother,, once in awhile it is good to format your hard drive and start from scratch, ,alot of hidden programs and such fill up your computer, and are never found by spyware programs, make sure that you have your XP disk if you bought your computer from a store,
2006-09-10 11:34:12 · answer #4 · answered by rich2481 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋