johnoo Posted July 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Re Bludgards comments, think he is politely saying that the XP Backup system does not work, has anybody had experience of using it?Especially who can answer the question of why the “C” drive has 36.9Gb of data but the Backup contained 39.8Gb ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 Bootable image creator/restorer is preferable. Acronis and Clonezilla are superior programs (IMO). They work.Takes us back to my early replies to this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnoo Posted July 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 But unfortunately, for me, still no answers to the questions I posed in Post #26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted July 1, 2012 Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 If you are accepting of Bludgard's suggestion that the integral XP backup does not work, it is of little import that the backup is larger than the original data.I never used the XP backup system having been let down by earlier versions of Windows backup (W95) and finding that Acronis did the job perfectly well.As I have written previously, Acronis has saved me a number of times from disk corruption, hard drive failures, malware attacks and suchlike.I would never be without a reliable backup and backup system, whether that be Acronis or other software (note the keyword there is reliable).Of course, a backup that is not kept up to date is pretty much a waste of time so when you get going with it, make sure you keep it current. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnoo Posted July 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted July 1, 2012 I have I think now worked out how to use the XP software, but understand your comments Pops Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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