[Mageia-discuss] Lucky Backup for Windows

Max Quarterpleen bogusman222 at gmail.com
Wed Dec 26 07:57:22 CET 2012


On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 8:56 AM, Max Quarterpleen <bogusman222 at gmail.com>wrote:

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> On Wed, Dec 26, 2012 at 4:59 AM, Phil <phil_lor at bigpond.com> wrote:
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>> Thank you for reading this somewhat off topic question.
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>> I have been given an old laptop that will have Windows XP removed, but
>> before I do I'd like to make a complete backup. The previous owner will
>> surely want to recover some little gem at some time in the future.
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>> Lucky Backup has served me well and I'm wondering if something similar is
>> available for Windows. A Google search has uncovered a huge number of
>> backup utilities but I'm unable to tell which one would be best for my
>> needs.
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> Whenever I need to backup anything Windows I just manually copy whatever I
> think I may need to an external drive.
> You're probably safe if you copy the C:\Documents and Settings directory.
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Another thought: in the past many Windows installs separated their user
data to a different logical (or physical) partition.
Grab that too.


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>> Regards,
>> Phil
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