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Window XP Backup - Protect Files and SettingsWindow XP Backup will backup your essential files and the whole process can take as little as 10 minutes a week. Most people think about backing up data about 10 minutes after it's too late to do any good. If you realize that you really need a good Window XP backup program after your hard disk crashes, you're setting yourself up for a data disaster. Are you prepared to lose your email address book and all your messages? What would you do if your entire collection of digital photos disappeared tomorrow in a puff of electrons? Do you have backup copies of your electronically-filed tax return or your crucial correspondence?
Window XP Backup - Getting Started Before you start backing up your files, you need to organize them. Just check to make sure all your essential data files are stored in one easy-to-find location. Windows XP makes this task especially easy by giving every user account its own personal profile which consists of a set of subfolders in the Documents and Settings folder. Your profile holds your personal files (in the My Documents folder), Outlook Express email messages, Window Internet Explorer Favorites and cookies, and information about your settings and preferences. If you have your personal data stored elsewhere, make sure they're located at one easy location to make it easy to backup. Open Window XP Backup So let's get started by finding Windows XP Backup utility (NtBackup.exe) which should be ready for use. If you use Window XP Home Edition, you'll need to follow these steps to install the Windows XP Backup utility:
Screen - Backup or Restore Wizard
To access the Backup Wizard:
The program will open to the Backup or Restore Wizard by default. To escape the Wizard, remove the checkmark from Always start in wizard mode and click Advanced Mode. Select Next to see the screen below. Screen - Back up files and settings
To access the Backup files and settings
Select Next to see the screen below. Screen - What to Back up
A number of preset Windows XP Backup utility groupings are displayed as well as the option to make Windows XP Backup utility selections. If custom is selected, the items to the screen shown below will open. Any of the other Windows XP Backup utility selections will take you to the Backup Type, Destination, and Name screen. Screen - Items to Back up
If you select the Let me choose what to back up in the What to Back up Windows XP Backup utility screen, this gives you the opportunity to select the files to be included. The view is a slightly modified version of standard Explorer view with Windows XP Backup utility selection boxes. Make your Windows XP Backup utility selections and select Next. Screen - Backup Type, Destination and Name
The screen where a name and destination are entered. Select Next Screen - Completing the Backup or Restore Wizard
The final screen where the Windows XP Backup utility process is initiated. This Windows XP Backup utility screen also contains the Advanced button where important additional Windows XP Backup utility backup parameters may be specified. Select Finish Screen - Type of backup in Windows XP
Specify the type of backup in Windows XP that will be performed. Choices include Normal, Differential, Incremental, Copy, and Daily. Select Next Screen - How to Backup Windows XP
Allows specifying verification, compression and shadow settings for the backup. Select Next Screen - Windows XP Backup utility Options
Set specifications for overwriting data and who is allowed to access the Windows XP backups. Select Next Screen - When to Backup Windows XP
Set whether you want the Windows XP Backup utility done immediately or placed on a schedule. Select Set Schedule Screen - Schedule Job - Schedule Tab
Set the details for the Windows XP Backup utility schedule or multiple Windows XP Backup utility jobs that have been created. Select Advanced Screen - Advanced Windows XP Backup Utility Schedule Options
Set more detailed Windows XP Backup utility options for a specifically scheduled Windows XP Backup. Select OK Screen - Windows XP Backup Utility Schedule Job - Settings Tab
Contains specific conditions that determine whether a Windows XP Backup Utility scheduled backup will commence, i.e., do not run if on battery power or if certain timeframes have elapsed. Select OK Screen - Completing the Windows XP Backup Utility or Restore Wizard
The final screen where the actual Windows XP Backup Utility process is initiated when the Advanced button was selected from this same screen previously. The Advanced button is no longer available. Select Finish Screen - Windows XP Backup Utility Progress
Screen showing the details of the current Windows XP Backup Utility in progress, including elapsed and estimating time remaining. Screen - Windows XP Backup Utility Progress - Complete
The final Windows XP Backup Utility progress screen showing the final time elapsed and the total number of files processed. Contains the Report button that will show the Windows XP Backup Utility log. Select Report button Screen - Windows XP Backup Utility Log
A savable and printable log generated from the Report button on the final Windows XP Backup Utility Progress screen that is generated in Notepad. This completes the Window XP Backup process which will give you a Windows XP Backup Utility file in case you have any problems in the future. Conclusion Window XP Backup will give you the confidence should something happen to your files. If you haven't started yet to backup Windows XP with your important data files, you might start thinking about getting your files organized before you get started.
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