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GeoffW · 24-01-2004, 17:01

Hi, my first thread on NTLH.

I was hoping someone might offer some advice on the best way provide some resilience for my XP home PC. I bought a new HD having realised I now have so much data and so many apps on my system that I really would want it to croak without having a backup or being able to restore it.

My first thought was disk mirroring - wrong XP Home doesn't do it. So I thought about backup, but the problem with a backup is that unless it runs automatically and in the background, I'll never remember to run it. I found the NTbackup on the XP disk, and apart from the fact it hangs part way through, it is a solution, albeit a poor one. So can anyone recommend any utilities (preferably free) that could mirror my disk or back it up without me doing anything other than set up the backup.

Thanks.

24-01-2004, 17:01	#1
GeoffW Inactive Join Date: Nov 2003 Location: Reading Posts: 256	XP mirrored disk/backup Hi, my first thread on NTLH. I was hoping someone might offer some advice on the best way provide some resilience for my XP home PC. I bought a new HD having realised I now have so much data and so many apps on my system that I really would want it to croak without having a backup or being able to restore it. My first thought was disk mirroring - wrong XP Home doesn't do it. So I thought about backup, but the problem with a backup is that unless it runs automatically and in the background, I'll never remember to run it. I found the NTbackup on the XP disk, and apart from the fact it hangs part way through, it is a solution, albeit a poor one. So can anyone recommend any utilities (preferably free) that could mirror my disk or back it up without me doing anything other than set up the backup. Thanks.