Backup/Restore program (s), etc/misc info;

Hello all. I was using the NTBackup utility to back up (yeah, backup all on

computer); BUT, when and if I need to restore, from a external backup drive

(that I do not keep plugged into the back of my desktop tower/chassis, but

only solely when I need to add something to the external drive or whatever,

you know) It's 100GB, My tower/chassis's internal drive is: 120GB, and my

thinking is that I can not solely rely on just one back/restore program; I

gotta have two, just in case one doesn't work or (?). Thus, I've copy and

pasted text (below) from a read out copy of my PC ("Belarc"), which of course

I know, only shows what's on a pc and I wanted to share it with you all,

thus, to get a direct, misc point of view opinion, to the point and short as

to Full backup vs Full image. I like how easy NTBackup lay out is, but

recently, maybe because of a sole tweaking program I had (backuped up) didn't

return my pc back to what is was, and of course for more reason's than one, I

know, I 'get' it, reviewing these MS forums. So, I'm here to see what people

can respectfully and kindly share, on aside from doing one backup with

NTBackup utility, I wanna get another backup/restore program, which both will

use seperate file extension's (NT uses .bk?), and yes, maybe I'll have to get

a bigger external hard drive (from 100GB to say 500 GB) I know, I hear you.

But for now, I just need to move in the process of doing something, for home

pc security/safety precautions in the sense you know. I do create sysem

restore point's often, clear the thing's in Internet Options (temp and

history, misc often, and record's of recently access stuff from taskbar -

properties - start menu) you know; I'm atop of this/that, I know, but this

backup/restore issue is something I gotta deal with as well. SO, yeah, I can

do a NTBackup, find out about a either free or little cost backup/restore

program, but full backup vs full image; I, like you all (?), need it restored

(if I need to do that), per backup just as it was before, you know.

Setting's, desktop image background theme, all in control panel setting's,

everything. and for now, yeah, I got a external backup drive which I don't

keep plugged in all that time (because of online hacker's, misc), I use

external like (ie: vacuum, misc, you know, plug in when I need it, unplug

when I'm done; make sense?) We all, more less (user's) have to be able to

rely and trust each other, come on; 6.7 billion can't be that banged up, etc

&^%$#@!, you know, I'm as human as you are. SO, can anyone share anything

helpful, useful, AND, per what I'm saying above, PLEASE, and I do thank you

respectfully, honestly - in advance. Oh, and I mean, backup AND restore of

exact registry, system state, including OS: Windows XP Home Edition Service

Pack 2 (build 2600) EVERYTHING on internal, just saying, no offense. Again,

thank you sincerely, kindly and respectfully in advance. And I know this is a

'single' processor and the number of processes in Task Manager's bottom left

hand corner should only read 16 or 17, but I got/want alot of stuff running

at startup and in the background, but because of slowness, I can't have it

run, but have saved the installation's file's of alot of stuff when I get

upgraded to a whole new pc (quad core, either Intel or AMD; I've done semi

research, it's just the lack of money). I want what I want running, but want

a processor to 'regulate', 'the man', thus, running processes slow down

processor. I do just surf, BUT, need quad core to run what I want.

Computer Profile Summary

Computer Name: Jeffrey_Morris (in WORKGROUP/Home Office)

Profile Date: Sunday, April 26, 2009 15:47:26

"Belarc Advisor" Version: 7.2h

Windows Logon: Compaq_Owner

Operating System:

Windows XP Home Edition Service Pack 2 (build 5.1.2600), version 2002

Though I should have gotten year's ago, and still want XP Pro - (for IIS,

other than other thing's as well on a whole new AMD or Intel Quad Core), with

solely IE6, Windows player 10; I got my own personalized, misc choice of hook

up. I'm the sole user at home (little studio apt, but what as much business,

whatever running, AND it's the speed. I have "Time Warner's" 10 mbps cable

"Arris" modem/phone service (and no cable TV - I don't watch TV much).

System Model (OEM): HP/Compaq Presario 061 ER912AA-ABA, SR1810NX, NA620

0n41411RE101AMETM00

System Serial Number: MXK61610N2

Enclosure Type: Desktop / X86 based

Processor:

1.80 gigahertz AMD Sempron 3200- Processor: x86 Family 15 Model 47 Stepping

2 AuthenticAMD - 1790 Mhz,

256 kilobyte primary memory cache

512 kilobyte secondary memory cache

Hardware Abstraction Layer: Version = "5.1.2600.2180

(xpsp_sp2_rtm.040803-2158)"

Main Circuit Board:

Board: MSI AMETHYST-M 1.0

Bus Clock: 200 megahertz

BIOS: Phoenix Technologies, LTD 3.48 03/24/2006 , SMBIOS version: 2.4

Memory Modules (drive's C and D):

1216 Megabytes Installed Memory / 1.18 GB Ram

Slot 'A0' has 256 MB

Slot 'A1' has 256 MB

Slot 'A2' has 256 MB

Slot 'A3' has 512 MB

Drives:

1216 Megabytes Installed Memory

120.04 Gigabytes Usable Hard Drive Capacity

90.78 Gigabytes Hard Drive Free Space

LITE-ON COMBO SOHC-4836K [CD/DVD-ROM E: drive]

SAMSUNG SP1203N [Hard C: drive internal ] (120.06 GB), s/n 0650J1FX408023,

rev TL100-24

Maxtor 3200 Personal Storage (external) F drive (which I believe is a NTFS):

48.8 GB used, 47.5 GB free, total: 93.3 GB, which again, I keep unplugged

from the desktop until I need to backup or add something, whatever; otherwise

it's always unplugged from the desktop, though I keep the power cord plugged

in though.

Don't have a floppy drive.

Total Physical Memory: 1,280.00 MB

Available Physical Memory: 672.55 MB

Total Virtual Memory: 2.00 GB

Available Virtual Memory: 1.96 GB

Page File Space: 2.24 GB

Local Drive Volumes: "Belarc" and My Computer - drive properties read

differently on the used and free amount's (I know; sorry about that) -

C: (NTFS) 112.89 GB/"Belarc" - (20.7 GB/Drive properties) used, 90.64

GB/"Belarc" - (84.4 GB/Drive properties) free, total: (105 GB/Drive

properties)

D: (FAT32) has all the recovery file's, etc and such - 7.16 GB/"Belarc" -

(6.53 GB/Drive properties) used, 141 MB/"Belarc" - (134 MB/Drive properties)

free, total: 6.66 GB

And additionally: My Documents: 9.19 - 9.22 GB, 15, 090 files, 857 folders

From properties of say, all in C: from My Computer: 17.6 - 17.8 GB, 82,771

files, 8,160 folders

Network Drives:

None detected

Users: (starting up with password, per Control Panel's user accounts)

local user accounts

Compaq_Owner (admin)

local system accounts

Administrator never (admin) (unless in Safe mode)

Controllers:

Primary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x)

Secondary IDE Channel [Controller] (2x)

Standard Dual Channel PCI IDE Controller (2x)

Display: ATI RADEON XPRESS 200 Series [Display adapter]

BTC LM-1702 [LCD Monitor] (17.1" vis, s/n 53901313, September 2005)

Monitor: 17" "Emprex".

Bus Adapters:

Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller

Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller (2x)

Multimedia: Realtek AC'97 Audio - "Cyber Acoustics" external desktop

speakers set, CA2022R

Communications: Agere Systems PCI Soft Modem, 1394 Net Adapter

Realtek RTL8139/810x Family Fast Ethernet NIC (Local Area Connection)

(primary) - Auto IP Address: 76.171.44.205 / 21

Gateway: 76.171.40.1

Dhcp Server: 10.246.72.1

Physical Address: 00:16:17:32:3E:3F

Networking Dns Servers: 66.75.160.63

66.75.160.64

Other Devices: VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller,

GE 98063 EasyCam, Compaq Keyboard - model 5137,

PS/2 Compatible Mouse, USB Root Hub (3x)

Virus Protection

CA Anti-Virus/Spyware, and I have Lavasoft's 'Ad-Aware SE' and 'AE', and

misc other, vast little tool's, scanner's, misc little stuff.

Microsoft Security Hotfixes:

Q886903 - Important

Q888302 - Important

Q890859 - Important

Q893756 - Important

Q896423 - Critical

Q896428 - Moderate

Q898458 - Important

Q899587 - Moderate

Q899591 - Moderate

Q900725 - Important

Q901017 - Important

Q905414 - Moderate

Q905749 - Important

Q908531 - Critical

Q911280 - Important

Q911562 - Critical

Q911564 - Important

Q911927 - Important

Q913580 - Low

Q914388 - Critical

Q914389 - Important

Q917734 - Critical

Q918439 - Critical

Q919007 - Important

Q920213 - Critical

Q920670 - Important

Q920683 - Critical

Q920685 - Moderate

Q921398 - Moderate

Q922616 - Critical

Q922819 - Low

Q923191 - Critical

Q923689 - Critical

Q923694 - Important

Q923980 - Important

Q924191 - Critical

Q924270 - Low

Q926247 - Important

Q926255 - Important

Q929969 - Critical

Installed Microsoft Hotfixes:

..NET Framework 2.0 Service Pack 2

KB958481 on 04/25/2009

..NET Framework 3.0 Service Pack 2

KB958483 on 04/25/2009

..NET Framework 3.5 SP1

KB958484 on 04/25/2009

..NETFramework

1.1

S867460 on 02/02/2006

Internet Explorer

SP2 (SP2)

MSXML4SP2

Q827429 on 04/25/2009

Q927978 on 04/26/2009

WGA

SP0:

KB892130 on 04/26/2009

Windows Media Format SDK

SP0:

KB891122 on 04/26/2009

KB902344 on 04/26/2009

Windows Media Player 10

KB911565

SP0:

KB911565 on 04/26/2009

Windows Media Player 6.4

KB925398_WMP64

SP0

KB925398_WMP64 on 04/26/2009

Windows XP

SP-1:

KB909520 on 04/26/2009

SP1:

KB923800 on 04/26/2009

SP3:

KB873339 on 02/02/2006

KB883667 on 02/02/2006

KB885250 on 02/02/2006

KB885835 on 02/02/2006

KB885836 on 02/02/2006

KB887472 on 02/02/2006

KB887742 on 02/02/2006

KB888111WXPSP2 on 02/02/2006

KB888113 on 02/02/2006

KB888239 on 02/02/2006

KB890047 on 04/26/2009

KB890175 on 02/02/2006

KB891781 on 02/02/2006

KB892050 on 02/02/2006

KB893066 on 02/02/2006

KB893357 on 02/02/2006

KB893803V2 on 02/02/2006

KB896344 on 04/26/2009

KB896358 on 02/02/2006

KB896422 on 02/02/2006

KB896424 on 02/02/2006

KB898461 on 04/25/2009

KB900930 on 04/26/2009

KB901214 on 02/02/2006

KB902400 on 02/02/2006

KB904706 on 02/02/2006

KB904942 on 04/26/2009

KB905915 on 02/02/2006

KB906569 on 02/02/2006

Windows XP:

KB908519 on 02/02/2006

KB912919 on 02/02/2006

KB914440 on 04/26/2009

KB917422 on 04/26/2009

KB917953 on 04/26/2009

KB923414 on 04/26/2009

KB924441 on 04/26/2009

KB924732 on 04/26/2009

KB925720 on 04/26/2009

KB925876 on 04/26/2009

KB929338 on 04/26/2009

KB931784 on 04/26/2009

KB933062 on 04/26/2009

KB933360 on 04/26/2009

KB938829 on 04/26/2009

KB941693 on 04/26/2009

SP4:

KB942288-V3 on 04/26/2009

KB953838 on 04/26/2009

KB954550-V5 on 04/26/2009

KB958644 on 04/26/2009

KB961118 on 04/26/2009

Software Licenses:

Belarc - Advisor 38b5a838

Hewlett-Packard - HPD MXK61610N2

Microsoft - Interactive Training 03306-OEM-0000007-00000 (Key:

TM66R-2Q86K-HXPBD-CQ9TR-9WTQY)e

Microsoft - Internet Explorer 76477-OEM-0011903-00106 (Key:

MK48G-CG8VJ-BRVBB-38MQ9-3PMFT)e

Microsoft - WebFldrs XP 12345-111-1111111-39574

Microsoft - Windows Support Tools 12345-111-1111111-57304

Microsoft - Windows XP Home Edition 76477-OEM-0011903-00106 (Key:

MK48G-CG8VJ-BRVBB-38MQ9-3PMFT)e

Microsoft - Works 76032-OEM-0400003-00000

Microsoft - Works 8.0 76032-OEM-0400003-00000 (Key:

TM66R-2Q86K-HXPBD-CQ9TR-9WTQY)e

Symantec - MSRedist 1

Symantec - NPM_DRM_COLLECTION 1

Software Versions:

5 Card Slingo

Acrobat.com

Adobe Acrobat Version 9.1.0.2009022700

Adobe AIR 1.5.1 Version 1.5.1

Adobe Reader Version 9.1.0.2009022700

Advanced Micro Devices - AMD Dashboard Demo Version 2, 0, 0, 0

Advanced Micro Devices CPUInfo Version 2, 2, 0, 0

Agere Soft Modem Call Progress Service Version 1.0.0.9

Alexander Glazkov - MEMORyAL Release

Apple Inc. - Bonjour Version 1,0,6,2

Apple Inc. - iTunes Version 8.1.1.10

Apple Inc. - QuickTime QuickTime 7.6 (1292)

Apple Mobile Device Service Version 2.12.36.0

Apple Software Update Version 2.1.1.116

ATI External Event Utility for WindowsNT and Windows9X Version 6.14.10.4119

Belarc, Inc. - Advisor Version 7.2h

CA Anti-Spyware Application Version 9, 0, 0, 6

CA Anti-Spyware Application Version 9.1.0.0

CA Anti-Virus Version 8.4.0.28

CA Security Center Version 3.2.1.20

CA Security Suite Version 3.2.1.19

CA, Inc. - CCProvSP Version 3.2.1.19

CA, Inc. - CCUpdate Version 3.2.1.19

CA, Inc. - eTrust PestPatrol Realtime Protection Version 1.1.0.26

CameraMonitor Application Version 1, 0, 0, 4

Camfrog Pro

Cinematronics - 3D Pinball Version 5.1.2600.2180

Computer Associates Antivirus Version 8.0.8.0

CyberLink Corp. - HP DVDPlay Version 2.0.0.2129

EFD Software - HD Tune Version 2, 5, 1, 0

Hewlett-Packard - HP Service Delivery Platform Version 4,1,0,1680

Hewlett-Packard - HPSysInfo Version 8.3.0.0

Hewlett-Packard Co. - hp digital imaging - hp all-in-one series Version

050.000.146.000

Hewlett-Packard Company - HPBootOp Version 1, 0, 5, 1

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - hp digital imaging Version

060.000.155.000

Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P. - PC Doctor Offline Version 1.0

HOVRS Launcher Version 2.05.0001

ICQ ICQRun Version 1, 0, 0, 1

ICQ Version 6.0.0.6063

ISecSoft - Anti Trojan Elite Version 2.9.8 and their Registry Protecter

Macrovision Corporation - InstallShield

From: "http://www.jeffreydavidmorris.com"

<httpwwwjeffreydavidmorriscom@discussions.microsoft.com>

| Hello all. I was using the NTBackup utility to back up (yeah, backup all on

And this Multi-Posted message is security related beacuse... ?

--

Dave

http://www.claymania.com/removal-trojan-adware.html

Multi-AV - http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

"http://www.jeffreydavidmorris.com"

<httpwwwjeffreydavidmorriscom@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in

message news:EAEBA22C-E229-4635-9D55-0F4CC6ECB74A@microsoft.com...

[snipped a little bit here]

Since you have at least one Maxtor/Seagate drive, you can use MaxBlast

to make the whole drive image backups and NTBackup for full +

incremental backups.