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(Msg. 31) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:03 pm
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"Anders Floderus" <nospam.DeleteThis@example.com> wrote in message
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> I have bought an external disk (USB 300G NTFS) and now
> I want to do a complete backup (XP Pro SP2 120G). The problem
> is that the only device that NTBACKUP can find is A:, no matter if I
> try a complete backup or just a folder. For normal use, the external
> disk works just fine.
Tell Ntbackup to backup to a file. The file can definitely be located on a
USB disk. Ntbackup can't create a clone of a disk though.
Jim
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> My system hangs in different ways, sometimes twice a day,
> sometimes every second week. It also has some other quirks.
> For safty I want to have a complete backup before trying any repairs.
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Anders
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(Msg. 32) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:03 pm
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"Anders Floderus" <nospam RemoveThis @example.com> wrote in message
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> I have bought an external disk (USB 300G NTFS) and now
> I want to do a complete backup (XP Pro SP2 120G). The problem
> is that the only device that NTBACKUP can find is A:, no matter if I
> try a complete backup or just a folder. For normal use, the external
> disk works just fine.
Tell Ntbackup to backup to a file. The file can definitely be located on a
USB disk. Ntbackup can't create a clone of a disk though.
Jim
>
> My system hangs in different ways, sometimes twice a day,
> sometimes every second week. It also has some other quirks.
> For safty I want to have a complete backup before trying any repairs.
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Anders
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(Msg. 33) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:03 pm
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"Anders Floderus" <nospam DeleteThis @example.com> wrote in message
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> I have bought an external disk (USB 300G NTFS) and now
> I want to do a complete backup (XP Pro SP2 120G). The problem
> is that the only device that NTBACKUP can find is A:, no matter if I
> try a complete backup or just a folder. For normal use, the external
> disk works just fine.
Tell Ntbackup to backup to a file. The file can definitely be located on a
USB disk. Ntbackup can't create a clone of a disk though.
Jim
>
> My system hangs in different ways, sometimes twice a day,
> sometimes every second week. It also has some other quirks.
> For safty I want to have a complete backup before trying any repairs.
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Anders
> >> Stay informed about: Backup to USB disk |
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(Msg. 34) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:03 pm
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"Anders Floderus" <nospam.TakeThisOut@example.com> wrote in message
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> I have bought an external disk (USB 300G NTFS) and now
> I want to do a complete backup (XP Pro SP2 120G). The problem
> is that the only device that NTBACKUP can find is A:, no matter if I
> try a complete backup or just a folder. For normal use, the external
> disk works just fine.
Tell Ntbackup to backup to a file. The file can definitely be located on a
USB disk. Ntbackup can't create a clone of a disk though.
Jim
>
> My system hangs in different ways, sometimes twice a day,
> sometimes every second week. It also has some other quirks.
> For safty I want to have a complete backup before trying any repairs.
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Anders
> >> Stay informed about: Backup to USB disk |
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(Msg. 35) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:03 pm
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"Anders Floderus" <nospam RemoveThis @example.com> wrote in message
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> I have bought an external disk (USB 300G NTFS) and now
> I want to do a complete backup (XP Pro SP2 120G). The problem
> is that the only device that NTBACKUP can find is A:, no matter if I
> try a complete backup or just a folder. For normal use, the external
> disk works just fine.
Tell Ntbackup to backup to a file. The file can definitely be located on a
USB disk. Ntbackup can't create a clone of a disk though.
Jim
>
> My system hangs in different ways, sometimes twice a day,
> sometimes every second week. It also has some other quirks.
> For safty I want to have a complete backup before trying any repairs.
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Anders
> >> Stay informed about: Backup to USB disk |
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(Msg. 36) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:03 pm
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"Anders Floderus" <nospam RemoveThis @example.com> wrote in message
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> I have bought an external disk (USB 300G NTFS) and now
> I want to do a complete backup (XP Pro SP2 120G). The problem
> is that the only device that NTBACKUP can find is A:, no matter if I
> try a complete backup or just a folder. For normal use, the external
> disk works just fine.
Tell Ntbackup to backup to a file. The file can definitely be located on a
USB disk. Ntbackup can't create a clone of a disk though.
Jim
>
> My system hangs in different ways, sometimes twice a day,
> sometimes every second week. It also has some other quirks.
> For safty I want to have a complete backup before trying any repairs.
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Anders
> >> Stay informed about: Backup to USB disk |
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(Msg. 37) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:03 pm
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"Anders Floderus" <nospam.DeleteThis@example.com> wrote in message
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> I have bought an external disk (USB 300G NTFS) and now
> I want to do a complete backup (XP Pro SP2 120G). The problem
> is that the only device that NTBACKUP can find is A:, no matter if I
> try a complete backup or just a folder. For normal use, the external
> disk works just fine.
Tell Ntbackup to backup to a file. The file can definitely be located on a
USB disk. Ntbackup can't create a clone of a disk though.
Jim
>
> My system hangs in different ways, sometimes twice a day,
> sometimes every second week. It also has some other quirks.
> For safty I want to have a complete backup before trying any repairs.
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Anders
> >> Stay informed about: Backup to USB disk |
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(Msg. 38) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:03 pm
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"Anders Floderus" <nospam.TakeThisOut@example.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have bought an external disk (USB 300G NTFS) and now
> I want to do a complete backup (XP Pro SP2 120G). The problem
> is that the only device that NTBACKUP can find is A:, no matter if I
> try a complete backup or just a folder. For normal use, the external
> disk works just fine.
Tell Ntbackup to backup to a file. The file can definitely be located on a
USB disk. Ntbackup can't create a clone of a disk though.
Jim
>
> My system hangs in different ways, sometimes twice a day,
> sometimes every second week. It also has some other quirks.
> For safty I want to have a complete backup before trying any repairs.
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Anders
> >> Stay informed about: Backup to USB disk |
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(Msg. 39) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:03 pm
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"Anders Floderus" <nospam.RemoveThis@example.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have bought an external disk (USB 300G NTFS) and now
> I want to do a complete backup (XP Pro SP2 120G). The problem
> is that the only device that NTBACKUP can find is A:, no matter if I
> try a complete backup or just a folder. For normal use, the external
> disk works just fine.
Tell Ntbackup to backup to a file. The file can definitely be located on a
USB disk. Ntbackup can't create a clone of a disk though.
Jim
>
> My system hangs in different ways, sometimes twice a day,
> sometimes every second week. It also has some other quirks.
> For safty I want to have a complete backup before trying any repairs.
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Anders
> >> Stay informed about: Backup to USB disk |
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(Msg. 40) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:03 pm
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"Anders Floderus" <nospam RemoveThis @example.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have bought an external disk (USB 300G NTFS) and now
> I want to do a complete backup (XP Pro SP2 120G). The problem
> is that the only device that NTBACKUP can find is A:, no matter if I
> try a complete backup or just a folder. For normal use, the external
> disk works just fine.
Tell Ntbackup to backup to a file. The file can definitely be located on a
USB disk. Ntbackup can't create a clone of a disk though.
Jim
>
> My system hangs in different ways, sometimes twice a day,
> sometimes every second week. It also has some other quirks.
> For safty I want to have a complete backup before trying any repairs.
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Anders
> >> Stay informed about: Backup to USB disk |
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(Msg. 41) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:03 pm
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"Anders Floderus" <nospam RemoveThis @example.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have bought an external disk (USB 300G NTFS) and now
> I want to do a complete backup (XP Pro SP2 120G). The problem
> is that the only device that NTBACKUP can find is A:, no matter if I
> try a complete backup or just a folder. For normal use, the external
> disk works just fine.
Tell Ntbackup to backup to a file. The file can definitely be located on a
USB disk. Ntbackup can't create a clone of a disk though.
Jim
>
> My system hangs in different ways, sometimes twice a day,
> sometimes every second week. It also has some other quirks.
> For safty I want to have a complete backup before trying any repairs.
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Anders
> >> Stay informed about: Backup to USB disk |
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(Msg. 42) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:03 pm
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"Anders Floderus" <nospam RemoveThis @example.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have bought an external disk (USB 300G NTFS) and now
> I want to do a complete backup (XP Pro SP2 120G). The problem
> is that the only device that NTBACKUP can find is A:, no matter if I
> try a complete backup or just a folder. For normal use, the external
> disk works just fine.
Tell Ntbackup to backup to a file. The file can definitely be located on a
USB disk. Ntbackup can't create a clone of a disk though.
Jim
>
> My system hangs in different ways, sometimes twice a day,
> sometimes every second week. It also has some other quirks.
> For safty I want to have a complete backup before trying any repairs.
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Anders
> >> Stay informed about: Backup to USB disk |
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(Msg. 43) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:03 pm
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"Anders Floderus" <nospam RemoveThis @example.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have bought an external disk (USB 300G NTFS) and now
> I want to do a complete backup (XP Pro SP2 120G). The problem
> is that the only device that NTBACKUP can find is A:, no matter if I
> try a complete backup or just a folder. For normal use, the external
> disk works just fine.
Tell Ntbackup to backup to a file. The file can definitely be located on a
USB disk. Ntbackup can't create a clone of a disk though.
Jim
>
> My system hangs in different ways, sometimes twice a day,
> sometimes every second week. It also has some other quirks.
> For safty I want to have a complete backup before trying any repairs.
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Anders
> >> Stay informed about: Backup to USB disk |
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(Msg. 44) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:03 pm
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"Anders Floderus" <nospam RemoveThis @example.com> wrote in message
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>
> I have bought an external disk (USB 300G NTFS) and now
> I want to do a complete backup (XP Pro SP2 120G). The problem
> is that the only device that NTBACKUP can find is A:, no matter if I
> try a complete backup or just a folder. For normal use, the external
> disk works just fine.
Tell Ntbackup to backup to a file. The file can definitely be located on a
USB disk. Ntbackup can't create a clone of a disk though.
Jim
>
> My system hangs in different ways, sometimes twice a day,
> sometimes every second week. It also has some other quirks.
> For safty I want to have a complete backup before trying any repairs.
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Anders
> >> Stay informed about: Backup to USB disk |
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(Msg. 45) Posted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 6:03 pm
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"Anders Floderus" <nospam DeleteThis @example.com> wrote in message
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> I have bought an external disk (USB 300G NTFS) and now
> I want to do a complete backup (XP Pro SP2 120G). The problem
> is that the only device that NTBACKUP can find is A:, no matter if I
> try a complete backup or just a folder. For normal use, the external
> disk works just fine.
Tell Ntbackup to backup to a file. The file can definitely be located on a
USB disk. Ntbackup can't create a clone of a disk though.
Jim
>
> My system hangs in different ways, sometimes twice a day,
> sometimes every second week. It also has some other quirks.
> For safty I want to have a complete backup before trying any repairs.
>
> Thanks for any help.
> Anders
> >> Stay informed about: Backup to USB disk |
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