I recently used the XP backup utility and I found that it worked fine for an immediate backup to my external USB drive but when I attempt to schedule the backup, it fails to occur.I am performing a 'normal' backup to the USB Drive and I scheduled it daily using the wizard. It appears in the calendar and looks normal and consistent with my setup but nothing happens at the appointed time. I confirmed my PC date and time were correct (no AM/PM or date error).I see no indication that it is/has attempting to perform a backup.
I was just in itunes adding about 12 songs when my comp not only froze, but it also gave me a blue screen. I didn't copy the exact number/code it gave me, but it did say kernal_data_inpage_error. Right now, it seems fine. Not blazing fast, but normal. I had itunes opened about 10 minutes ago just after restarting and it took a good 5 minutes just to cntrl alt delete and use task manager to close it. I also got a blue screen once over night when trying to use MyDefrag to defrag my larger slave drive. It worked fine in defragmenting my smaller master drive.
my comp keep on restarting itself even i didnt use anythg.then also hang on windows loading screen and restart when reach windows loading screen.even how many times i reformat n reinstall windows xp.problem still ocurr.then i sent my comp 2 shop and check.they said no hardware problems.but i doubt it.what can i do?
XP Pro SP2 with current critical updates.Computer began freezing 1 week ago. Freezing might occur during boot process; might occur 30 to 60 minutes after booting. Problem began after someone other than regular user did something with iTunes.Occurs in safe mode. Occurs when connected and when not browsing internet. Occurs during boot; prior to Windows XP logon screen. I have been unable to run Panda and HouseCall because it has frozen during each attempt.
In the PROPERTIES page of all the drives on my computer, in the TOOLS page there is a box asking if I want to backup the computer. I'd like know the procedure to do this BEFORE I do it.When I bought the computer, I was instructed to make 5 CDs or 1 DVD for Backup discs. Is this the same thing? Of course, there is much more information and/or files on my computer now. Is it just a matter of copying everything on my computer? What files are essential to backup?
If when you have installed XP along with all drivers, office and updates you make a back up image like ghost, of your system at that point, can this be used as a permanent reinstall if you were unlucky anouth to get hit by a virus or have a corrupted OS, or is it a stop gap until you can reformat and reinstall with a xp disc, and what happens to the data you back up over.
i am considering buying an in car dvd player but don't want to keep my original dvd's in the car all the time in case they are stolen. i was wondering if there is a way of making backups and what the legal status of this is but don't know how to get started.
I want to buy a USB hard drive to back up my entire C: drive in case of a total failure.I Have Acer E Recovery on my laptop but it will only backup to D:I checked the Microsoft offering ntbackup.exe but it wants a floppy drive, and there isn't one on my laptop.Can someone please suggest a basic/simple solution.BTW I am running XP Media edition but will upgrade to Vista soon.
I need to reinstall XP, but don't want to have to reinstall all my programs + games. I've installed XP and programs to my C drive, games to another partition. My question is, will a complete image backup of C and a registry backup be enuff to restore a fresh installtion to how it was working programs + games and all?I've read around the forums and already downloaded TrueImage for files and Erunt for registry..
Well as ironic as it seems I get the BSod when im making a backup with norton ghost. Dont worry its not a lethel BSod the system just starts normal again. But how do i make backup disks or images ive tried two times with two differnt prgs and they both end up in a BSod.
I am having to set up a computer for a friend of mind and we are having a disagreement on the proper method of backing up information on a hard drive. His system has a Maxtor USB hard drive for backing up the hard drive. He keeps saying he needs a complete system back. I point out that if the entire system is backup on a schedule you are backing up problems as you go. I told him the data is what needs to be backed up (along with the original installation before the data was added. But I am not sure .what is the perferred method for backing up a system?
In my Windows directory,I have a number of files such as $NtUninstalkB.They are at the top of the directory and in blue.I'm guessing these were uninstall options for the various updates downloaded/installed after reinstalling XP.Is there a script to delete them enmass? I didn't seem to see anything in Kelly's Korner that applied to this issue.Should I delete them at all? Do I just delete them one at a time?
I started the process of conversion to NTFS from FAT32 and I got a response that included: This conversion will also remove your previous operating system backup. Then: Convert may run if this volume is dismounted first. ALL OPENED HANDLES TO THIS VOLUME WOULD THEN BE INVALID (their caps). Would you like to force a dismount on this volume? What are opened handles? What happens when they are invalid?
And how do I find my backup(s)? I have a folder on my desktop Created Oct.29, 2006 that is faded and labeled _RESTORE. Properties shows that it is 1.21GB and has 951 files that are marked Read-only and Hidden but when I open the folder it shows only 4 files of 64KB dated 2002 and 2004. Is that folder related to backups?I want to create a current backup or restore point but I have only 5.15GB left free. Help, please.
My Toshiba Satellite 1905-303 laptop gave out a year or so ago & we bought a replacement desk top. I've since re-formatted the drive which worked fine as a filestore using a caddy with usb cord. However, I've now discovered some original Toshiba XP recovery disks that came with the machine & a CDROM of a reinstallbackups directory that was done fairly close to when it ceased to work. The disk doesn't seem to function in the laptop when I refit it, so I can't get anything on the screen. Can I recover the disk using a separate machine so that I can then refit it & get XP up & running on it, & if so how?
Under Windows 9x and ME, backing up the entire Windows Registry was a relatively simple task for which many free tools were available. PCMag had one called SaveReg2, a simple batch file that would back up the Win9x/ME registry (User.dat and System.dat) and save any quantity I liked and delete the oldest ones as it progressed.The Windows 2000/XP Registries aren't that simple and I see no automated schedulers for backing up just the Registry--the whole registry.I want a tool that will save the entire Registry on a schedule each day or once a week or month, depending on user preferences, save a user-specifiable quantity and, delete the oldest ones when that quantity is reached.With spyware and adware becoming difficult-to-impossible to remove and as destructive to the OS as it has become, this seems an indespensible tool--if it is available anywhere.
I want to use a 120GB for backups for my wired computer and 2 wireless computers. How do i do this? And what software should i use to be able to backup and restore?
I have removed the 4 Gbyte hard drive from my wife's old Compaq laptop and am running it on my desktop in a drive enclosure as an external drive. The desktop is running XP Pro SP2. The laptop drive has XP Home SP2 and Office 2000 on it, but I don't (can't) use them since it is now an external plug-in drive. I'm currently copying data files off the laptop drive into the desktop drive.
I want to erase and reformat the drive from the laptop to use for file backups and transfers. But I don't want to lose the ability to LEGALLY install the XP on a future machine
Task just did not run. Sometimes it reports that it did but it didn't. Each time we can run it manually but it doesn't run as scheuduled. I've deleted the task and set it all up again, but it still won't run.
I'd like to run defrag as a scheduled task while I am asleep. Basic setup is easy. Found the command in Windows/System folder. But that just opens the defrag console. At that stage it is necessary to chose analyze or defrag. I want to set it up to automatically defrag. How do I do that?
ASUS F5VL laptop running XP Pro I used "my computer", tools to schedule a chkdsk. It asked if that should be done when the system next booted, and I then proceeded to reboot. The chkdsk ran clean, and reported same just before Windows started. I'm now at the login screen and when I click on my user it does not open the login form. I can move the mouse pointer around but when I click the login form does not appear.Any ideas?
I setup a full scan of my hard drive. Upon restart the checkdisk program starts and that is where my problem begins. It checks ok through steps 1,2,3,4 but freezes at 83% on step 5. PC is locked cannot do anything. Power off and on again, checkdisk starts again, try hitting any key to cancel but it does not recognize the keys and starts the scan over again and with same results. How can I cancel the scan and restart my windows os?
I have a .bat file that backs up a few files from my local drive to the network . I want to have a scheduled task to run this bat file but when it is scheduled to run it says it runs but nothing happens nothing gets backed up onto the network? Can i have a scheduled task run a bat file?
I have several items in my Scheduled Task. When I look on the window of Schedule Task, it shows 4 of the programs as Running. Nothing is happening, they just keep running and the task do not get activated.
I have several items in my Scheduled Task. When I look on the window of Schedule Task, it shows 4 of the programs as Running. Nothing is happening, they just keep running.
Running a VB program from Sheduled Tasks, the VB program is supposed to bring up a form with information. The program works fine when started the "normal" way but when i start it from Sheduled Tasks it does start but it does not bring up the form. You can see the program running among the processes but thats all.
I've tried in different accounts and even in the addmin account in safe mode and I always get the same error.I also get this error at home (this is my girlfriends computer) the error reads:New Task has been created, but may not run because the account info could not be sent.The specific is: 0x80041315 The task scheduler service is not running.What am I doing wrong? I've never had this problem before, is there some sort of option I need to select to get it to work?
Can someone tell me how to reboot a Win 2000 computer using a scheduled task? I have found posts that suggest using shutdown.exe in the System32 folder, but no such file exists on these computers. I have used shutdown.exe -r -t 00 successfully on our XP computers. There is no Windows folder, instead a WinNt folder.
