Given the large amount of data stored on your computer every day more and more users are looking for a backup solution more effective and reliable. But few know that Windows XP has its own backup utility.
You can breathe easy, because it means that there is no need to purchase backup software, in particular, but you should know that this software a number of advantages over the proposed system is available. This ArticleIf we compare the standard features of the backup program to backup tool for Windows XP (WXBT).
The WXBT allows the backup of all user files on a single task. If you choose to save "My Documents" to copy the entire contents of the Documents and Settings folder, including MS Outlook / Outlook Express messages and settings and profile settings.
However, in most situations full backup is useless. In all likelihood, the My Documents folder of yourThe team is large and contains a large amount of useless information. If this is the case, suggests WXBT manually specify the files to exclude or built-in backup.
A standard backup program has the ability to filter files, unless you specify manually for each file, but specify the file extensions. For example, only save documents in MS Word, only the doc. extension of the file and the programautomatically find and copy the file in Word.
It allows you to backup data to specific applications such as Adobe Photoshop, Windows Media Player, ICQ, etc. This means you only need the program that is intended to be executed.
If you have a backup very important to save the resulting files. It is recommended that files to keep as much as possible from the local computer.
The site farthest WXBTsuggests, is a network drive or an external drive. By default, even on a backup disk, and removable media in Serbia have only for you. Now, think about how many discs are needed to save 30 GB of critical information!
Standard software keeps the data on virtually all known types of removable media such as CD, DVD, HD DVD, Blu-ray, USB flash drives and external hard drives, and remote locations, such as LAN, FTP, SFTPRemote Server Books Online.
WXBT offers five different types of backup: normal copy, daily, differential and incremental. To be honest, this abundance of security types, but the confusion, especially when the first backup.
Most backup programs offer two most common types of backups: full and incremental. These two species should be sufficient to meet all your needs and not create confusion among users, since the definition of the two species very clearly on the agenda.
WXBTallows data backup system state, including the registry, boot files, COM + class registration database. However, you can exclude one or more specific components.
A backup program allows you to create a professional image of your hard disk, including operating system and all system configurations. You can also copy the Windows registry and can also be components of the registry-specific safeguard, as the key user key configuration etc.
Conclusions
After considering the pros and cons of the tools in Windows XP backup program, compared with a backup standard, we can say that WXBT is a viable solution for the home PC, but the main problem with it you can not copy the Optical disc recording and can store their data on a disk that is outdated and does not meet modern standards of conservation.
The main advantage of a professional program for the backup is that you can add your> Data to any type of optical discs, including discs next generation, such as Blu-ray and HD-DVD. Except that this program provides flexible file filters to simplify the process of selecting files.