Backing Up
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From: Jonny_S on 18 Jan 2010 21:19 This seems so ridiculous but how do I back up with out backing up my backup? I have an external hard drive - "F." When I run the back up utility and select - back up entire system, it factors in F into the back up and it backs up everything. I just want to back up the C drive. I would like to run the full back up so that it will create the back up disk. I guess an option would be to back it up to C:\ with the hard drive disconnected and then copy that file to the hard drive. Might that work? Any other ideas? Many thanks.
From: Jonny_S on 18 Jan 2010 21:37 So that I am not accused of cross-posting - I also listed this question here because I did not get the successful post confirmation screen. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/expertzone/newsgroups/reader.mspx?dg=microsoft.public.windowsxp.help_and_support&tid=6317f143-ccd6-4636-9da5-7c6af02b5dc1&cat=&lang=en&cr=US&sloc=&p=1
From: JD on 18 Jan 2010 23:28 Jonny_S wrote: > This seems so ridiculous but how do I back up with out backing up my backup? > I have an external hard drive - "F." When I run the back up utility and > select - back up entire system, it factors in F into the back up and it backs > up everything. I just want to back up the C drive. I would like to run the > full back up so that it will create the back up disk. I guess an option > would be to back it up to C:\ with the hard drive disconnected and then copy > that file to the hard drive. Might that work? Any other ideas? Many thanks. What program are you using to make back ups? -- JD..
From: Roy Smith on 19 Jan 2010 07:39 On 1/18/2010 8:19 PM, Jonny_S wrote: > This seems so ridiculous but how do I back up with out backing up my backup? > I have an external hard drive - "F." When I run the back up utility and > select - back up entire system, it factors in F into the back up and it backs > up everything. I just want to back up the C drive. I would like to run the > full back up so that it will create the back up disk. I guess an option > would be to back it up to C:\ with the hard drive disconnected and then copy > that file to the hard drive. Might that work? Any other ideas? Many thanks. First, what program are you using to backup your system? Instead of doing a complete backup, do a partial backup selecting everything except the F drive. -- Roy Smith Windows 7 Timestamp: Tuesday, January 19, 2010 6:39:22 AM
From: Don Phillipson on 19 Jan 2010 16:31
"Jonny_S" <Jonny_S(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E97957AC-906B-4C0F-91CA-B893189B9E5C(a)microsoft.com... > This seems so ridiculous but how do I back up with out backing up my backup? > I have an external hard drive - "F." When I run the back up utility and > select - back up entire system, it factors in F into the back up and it backs > up everything. I just want to back up the C drive. I would like to run the > full back up so that it will create the back up disk. 1. MSBackup and its precursors were coded when hard drive space was expensive, thus rare: it is now so cheap that most users simply copy directories or drives. 2. Instead of copying, IMAGING may meet your requirement to "create the back up disk." You can google for this function or consider Acronis or similar disk-imaging software. -- Don Phillipson Carlsbad Springs (Ottawa, Canada) |