NTBackup Functionality

[Rafael]

I am going to use NTBackup to backup my XP machine to an external hard
disk. I want this to run in an automated a fashion as possible and I
want to automatically retain the last 5 backups.

I may also want to run a batch file before or after the backup.

Can anyone suggest how any or all of the above might be acheived
please?

Many thanks in advance for your help.

 

[Lanwench [MVP - Exchange]]

Rafael <rafael_romano299@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I am going to use NTBackup to backup my XP machine to an external hard
> disk. I want this to run in an automated a fashion as possible and I
> want to automatically retain the last 5 backups.
>
> I may also want to run a batch file before or after the backup.
>
> Can anyone suggest how any or all of the above might be acheived
> please?
>
> Many thanks in advance for your help.

Much depends on your batch file writing skills - but you might check out

http://www.jsifaq.com/SF/Tips/Tip.aspx?id=2265

You might also look at
http://www.acronis.com/homecomputing/products/trueimage/ - it's awesome. Not
free, but worth it.

 

[Patrick Keenan]

"Rafael" <rafael_romano299@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:1184512550.859054.301560@57g2000hsv.googlegroups.com...
>I am going to use NTBackup to backup my XP machine to an external hard
> disk. I want this to run in an automated a fashion as possible and I
> want to automatically retain the last 5 backups.
>
> I may also want to run a batch file before or after the backup.
>
> Can anyone suggest how any or all of the above might be acheived
> please?
>
> Many thanks in advance for your help.


I'm sure that you will get a number of detailed replies on how to do this,
but two things:

First - it'd help if define how much of the system you want to back up.
Complete system state or just selected data? This matters because doing
the complete system requires a floppy, which may or may not be present.
You might consider a mix - an attended complete system backup followed by
data backups.

Second - by default, the Windows Task Scheduler requires passwords to run on
local accounts. This is a security measure, and while it can be defeated,
consider whether the reduction in security is worth simply creating a
password. You can easily have Windows remember the passwords.

HTH
-pk