RE: Backing Up on Win98

[RedThoJr]

"ozziesi" wrote:

> I don't have a back-up facility on my 'system tools,' does anyone know where
> I can gFrom Discussion Group: Windows 95 Applications
Subject: Backup file is missing from my windows 98 SE CD
Date: 9/30/2007 4:42 PM PST
From: RedThoJr



I am trying to backup my files to upgrade to windows XP Pro. The backup file
is not in the systems Accessories, tools section.
I tried to install it going through the Start, Setting, Control pannal, Add
/ Remove programs. Windows setup system. I am promted to incert the Systems
CD and when I do I get a message that MSBACKUP.COM can not be located. For
some reason the backup program is not on my Windows 98 Second Edition CD for
PC without Windows. I was directed to microsoft web site to down load it, but
I have spent hours looking for it and have not been able to locate it. Can
some one direct me to the proper place on the site to locate it.


et hold of the file ? THx.

 

[Don Phillipson]

"RedThoJr" <RedThoJr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9AD7700B-0BB9-4585-927F-3ABDDCD6D0A1@microsoft.com...

> "ozziesi" wrote:
>
> > I don't have a back-up facility on my 'system tools,' does anyone know
where
> > I can gFrom Discussion Group: Windows 95 Applications
>
> I am trying to backup my files to upgrade to windows XP Pro. The backup
file
> is not in the systems Accessories, tools section.
> I tried to install it going through the Start, Setting, Control pannal,
Add
> / Remove programs. Windows setup system. I am promted to incert the
Systems
> CD and when I do I get a message that MSBACKUP.COM can not be located.

MSBACKUP (1) is not reliable, i.e. is notoriously
prone to lose data, (2) is not supported by WinXP
(because of #1).

Backup utilities which condensed data (to save disk
space) have not really been needed since hard drive
space became so cheap (before XP was marketed.)
Windows protection arrangements prohibit copying
certain system files but the free utility at www.xxcopy.com
avoids these restrictions.

--
Don Phillipson
Carlsbad Springs
(Ottawa, Canada)

 

[glee]

You don't want to use MSBackup in Win98 for restoration in XP:

Cannot Restore Backups That You Create in Windows 95, Windows 98, or Windows Me with
the Windows XP Ntbackup Tool
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/305381

I wouldn't want to use the MSBackup program anyway. I find it too unreliable.

How to install MS Backup:
http://www.smartcomputing.com/editorial/article.asp?article=articles/archive/l0904/32l04/32l04.asp#x

The file is not a .com file, it is an .exe file, BTW.

If you just have some files you want to transfer, use Winzip or another zip utility
to zip your files and then burn them to CDs.

If you want to copy files and settings from Win98 to XP, see here:

File & Settings Transfer Wizard
http://www.aumha.org/win5/a/fast.htm

Moving Files and Settings to a New PC
http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/using/setup/getstarted/bott_fstw.mspx

How to use the Files and Settings Transfer Wizard with a wizard disk in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/306187

--
Glen Ventura, MS MVP Shell/User, A+
http://dts-l.org/
http://dts-l.org/goodpost.htm


"RedThoJr" <RedThoJr@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:9AD7700B-0BB9-4585-927F-3ABDDCD6D0A1@microsoft.com...
>
>
> "ozziesi" wrote:
>
>> I don't have a back-up facility on my 'system tools,' does anyone know where
>> I can gFrom Discussion Group: Windows 95 Applications
> Subject: Backup file is missing from my windows 98 SE CD
> Date: 9/30/2007 4:42 PM PST
> From: RedThoJr
>
>
>
> I am trying to backup my files to upgrade to windows XP Pro. The backup file
> is not in the systems Accessories, tools section.
> I tried to install it going through the Start, Setting, Control pannal, Add
> / Remove programs. Windows setup system. I am promted to incert the Systems
> CD and when I do I get a message that MSBACKUP.COM can not be located. For
> some reason the backup program is not on my Windows 98 Second Edition CD for
> PC without Windows. I was directed to microsoft web site to down load it, but
> I have spent hours looking for it and have not been able to locate it. Can
> some one direct me to the proper place on the site to locate it.
>
>
> et hold of the file ? THx.