how to backup whole system files

[gunalan]

Hi,

Is there a way to backup the whole system in windows 98 se.
i dont have writable cd writer.only thru floppy.is it possible.

i dont see option in my system accessories to back up the system.how to do it manually.

thank you.

 

[mikker]

do you have a second hard drive? if you do, you can back up everything on it.

 

[TekTippy4U]

hi;
you're really much better off buying a Lite-on CDRW if possible (or similar, lite-on is generally a good cheap drive) - rather than trying to use MS Backup - you'll regret it.
Also - there's Symantec (Norton) "Ghost" for creating and using backups, but you'll need a CDRW anyway and it costs $ too - there are other software as well (some free) . The thing to have is the CDRW drive and burn CDR backups.

Also trying to use floppies for this is a mess to say the least, though for some small Data or Docs backup, it's ok

TT4U

Notification:
These are just my thoughts....and should be carefully measured against other opinions.
Backup All Important Data/Docs

 

[micker377]

I use Ghost for regular sys back-ups to a seperate hard drive. Ghost won't let you back-up an image to the same drive it came from. Can't back c: to c. Don't need a burner, any 10 gig hard drive on up will work.

 

[TekTippy4U]

btw - i didn't mean to imply that you 'need' a burner. just that with an extra HDD or a cdrw, you don't even need ghost.

TT4U

Notification:
These are just my thoughts....and should be carefully measured against other opinions.
Backup All Important Data/Docs

 

[micker377]

tt4u

True, and much faster too. It depends on what you are backing up, I have about 5 gig to back up (14meg Ghost file)!

 

[diogenes10]

You can put an image on the same drive if you have multiple partitions. That does defeat the purpose of having an image somewhere else in case the drive goes bad, it just depends on what you need the image for.

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