Newbie to XP - help needed

alison74

I have a DVD writer in my new machine and I even have NERO as well (just not installed it yet)

I also handily have some DVD +RW's to back everything up on.

I dont however have 'system back up' through my accessories, system tools, where could that be ?

Cheers

Allexie

alison74 wrote:

I have a DVD writer in my new machine and I even have NERO as well (just not installed it yet)

I also handily have some DVD +RW's to back everything up on.

I dont however have 'system back up' through my accessories, system tools, where could that be ?

Cheers

If you look at the link I gave you earlier (about post 19 I think on the link!) Toxteth_O'Grady explains about how to get Backup as it isn't installed by default!

wolfman

Ah, you must have XP Home Edition.

Here's a tutorial:

http://windows.about.com/od/shortcutsquickieshowto/l/aa020203a.htm

alison74

thank you, just installed it, now I'll figure out how to use it !

Cheers

Chippy_Minton

Debt_Free_Chick wrote:

Anyway, an incremental backup tracks all the file changes. It compares the way the drive looks now to how it looked at the previous backup.

That's not how incremental backups work; it's actually a lot simpler and neater.

Every file has an Archive attribute which has 2 states: set or clear. Windows sets the attribute when the file is created or modified. During an incremental backup of the file, the backup software looks at the Archive attribute and, if set, backs up the file and clears the attribute. A full backup ignores the Archive attribute but still clears it. If the file is subsequently modified, the attribute is set, ready for the next backup.

See the Archive attribute for yourself by right-clicking a file - Properties - Advanced - 'File is ready for archiving'. Ticked means the attribute is set.