How To Use The Backup Utility In Windows XP (NTbackup.exe)

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Now to choose the type of backup. Most home users will use Normal. If you choose to use another type of backup, make 2 Normal backups. Name the first say "mybacknorm", and the 2nd "myback2". You can other backups to the 2nd and still have an original backup in case something goes wrong. Here are the descriptions of your options, taken from here.

Copy backup
A copy backup copies all selected files but does not mark each file as having been backed up (in other words, the archive attribute is not cleared). Copying is useful if you want to back up files between normal and incremental backups because copying does not affect these other backup operations.

Daily backup
A daily backup copies all selected files that have been modified the day the daily backup is performed. The backed-up files are not marked as having been backed up (in other words, the archive attribute is not cleared).

Differential backup
A differential backup copies files created or changed since the last normal or incremental backup. It does not mark files as having been backed up (in other words, the archive attribute is not cleared). If you are performing a combination of normal and differential backups, restoring files and folders requires that you have the last normal as well as the last differential backup.

Incremental backup
An incremental backup backs up only those files created or changed since the last normal or incremental backup. It marks files as having been backed up (in other words, the archive attribute is cleared). If you use a combination of normal and incremental backups, you will need to have the last normal backup set as well as all incremental backup sets in order to restore your data.

Normal backup
A normal backup copies all selected files and marks each file as having been backed up (in other words, the archive attribute is cleared). With normal backups, you need only the most recent copy of the backup file or tape to restore all of the files. You usually perform a normal backup the first time you create a backup set.

After you choose. click Next.

***IMPORTANT - Always choose Verify data after backup.

Click Next.

Self explanatory. Choose your option and click Next.

If you want to schedule your backups choose Later and fill in the info. If not choose Now and click Next.

Check to make sure everything looks right and click Next.

When finished you'll get a screen that looks like this.

You're done!

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