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Gloria
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29/06/2010
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I have bought an external hard drive, and I want to copy everything from my laptop on to it. I have Windows XP Home Edition which has a Files and Settings transfer wizard on it. But, and this may be me reading it wrong, it only seems to move things as against copying them.
What I want to be able to do is once a week backup any work or e-mails onto the external hard drive--simply.
I have no doubt someone on here will know what to do, and it will be so simple.
My laptop is a Dell and came with the windows XP loaded on it. If I go down the route of start, programs, accessories, system tools----it should give me backup, but it doesn't, it has the Files and Settings transfer wizard instead.
I'd be dangerous with a brain!!!!!
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pluggy
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Posted - 30/06/2010 : 17:06
Sounds like its missing altogether, do you need professional help ?, I know just the man..... 
Need computer work ?
"http://www.stsr.co.uk" 
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Gloria
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Posted - 30/06/2010 : 19:54
I might just be contacting you Pluggy. Thanks for your help.
I'd be dangerous with a brain!!!!!
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Big Kev
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Posted - 30/06/2010 : 21:54
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pluggy wrote:
Sounds like its missing altogether, do you need professional help ?, I know just the man.....
Sounds like it to me as well. I reckon Pluggy's the man for the job
Big Kev
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Big Kev
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Posted - 30/06/2010 : 21:57
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pluggy wrote:
Since 'C:\windows\system32' is on the default path and '.exe' is assumed if you're running it, just typing "ntbackup" and pressing enter in the run box should work. A lot easier to get right.........
Certainly is but I was working on the assumption that the majority of Windows users know how to create a shortcut. I mentioned run command to my wife and she just gave me a blank stare...
Big Kev
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Big Kev
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Posted - 05/07/2010 : 13:31
Gloria. Did you get your back up wizard working?
Big Kev
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Gloria
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Posted - 05/07/2010 : 15:07
Nope.
I'd be dangerous with a brain!!!!!
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Stanley
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Posted - 05/07/2010 : 16:41
Glo I have only just seen this thread. For what it's worth I never trust back-up systems, I simply go int Explorer, get the data files I want to save up on the right hand screen, highlight the ones I want to copy using Ctrl and hover. left click copy all and then paste into the external drive on the file tree. If there's a lot do it last thing at night and leave it an hour. Afterwards I just copy across the folders I know have changed every now and again. It works...... You can overwrite all or select.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Gloria
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Posted - 05/07/2010 : 21:12
Thanks Stanley,but when I go into Int Explorer it just brings up my www.orange.co.uk home screen. You are talking to the computer illiterate here.
I'd be dangerous with a brain!!!!!
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catgate
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Posted - 05/07/2010 : 22:50
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Gloria wrote:
Thanks Stanley,but when I go into Int Explorer it just brings up my www.orange.co.uk home screen. You are talking to the computer illiterate here.
I think he means go into "Explorer" rather than "Internet Explorer".
As far as I know Explorer is the more modern name for an application that used to be called "File Manager", where in one could wander about doing things with files.
Being on linux I tend to use the same sort of philosophy as Stanley, but when I used M$ I was much more fussy about backing up the system, due to the absolute buggers muddle Windows was able to generate in the system files if left to its own devices. Further more doing a complete reinstall with M$ used to be a long, slow and often uphill struggle. Whereas Linux is virtually. self installing.
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Stanley
Local Historian & Old Fart
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Posted - 06/07/2010 : 04:25
Catty's right. In XP right click on the start button and then open 'explore'. That's it, you are in.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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Gloria
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Posted - 06/07/2010 : 16:12
Magic got in--thanks---I will see after tea how far I get.
I'd be dangerous with a brain!!!!!
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Stanley
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Posted - 07/07/2010 : 05:41
You'll find it's OK Glo. When Pluggy put me on Ubuntu the file structure on the data hard drive in the computer was wrong for Linux so we simply formatted the drive and copied the external drive back in, 60gb in 30 minutes, not bad going! 'Back up programmes' are for people who have no knowledge of file structures, doing it manually takes a bit of thought but gets better results I reckon.
Stanley Challenger Graham
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