XP home backup tool

[puggit]

Does anyone know a good free backup tool for XP home? I will preferably be backing up over LAN to a HDD on a different machine.

I can get Veritas Backup Exec for nothing, but downloading 475Mb over a 300k connection is SLOW and overkill!

[agent006]

Does XP home not have a backup prog with it?

[puggit]

Nope!

[trevorw]

Here you go sir

www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cbu5.htm

[puggit]

Thanks Trevor, but it doesn't appear to have a system for open files or system state backups!

[_DJ_]

puggit said:

Thanks Trevor, but it doesn't appear to have a system for open files or system state backups!

I didn't realise they'd dropped ntbackup.exe from XP Home. Are you sure they have? i.e try running ntbackup from the run prompt.

edited to add: rumour has it you can find ntbackup on the XP home cd VALUEADDMSFTNTBACKUP directory. Never used home myself so I've never tried to install it.




>> Edited by _DJ_ on Sunday 17th October 11:24

[puggit]

Wooohooo!

Managed to install BE 9.1 and it's backing up the laptop from the desktop!

[andygo]

Whats BE9 and can you get it for free?

[trevorw]

andygo said:

Whats BE9 and can you get it for free?

Veritas Back Exec 9.1, don't know if it is free though. maybe