When I try to backup the sytem state on an external USB disk using ntbackup
the USB disk became unavailable, the backup fail and I have to disconnect and
reconnect USB disk to access it.
If I try to backup the system state on the 2nd disk, ATA disk, the system
hangs and I have to restart it using reset button.

I have no problem to backup system diectory (c:\windows\) or any data files.

The system is Windows XP Pro SP2, patched with the latest patches available
on windows update site.

I hope anyone can help me, thanks in advance.

Ntbackups is a pathetic excuse for a backup solution. Use something more
robust. Personally I use DriveImage XML.

"Paolo Francese" <francese at polito dot it> wrote in message
news:491EE6F8-CC81-4ABB-A912-AD7293DFF771@microsoft.com...
> When I try to backup the sytem state on an external USB disk using ntbackup
> the USB disk became unavailable, the backup fail and I have to disconnect and
> reconnect USB disk to access it.
> If I try to backup the system state on the 2nd disk, ATA disk, the system
> hangs and I have to restart it using reset button.
>
> I have no problem to backup system diectory (c:\windows\) or any data files.
>
> The system is Windows XP Pro SP2, patched with the latest patches available
> on windows update site.
>
> I hope anyone can help me, thanks in advance.

I agree with you, but I choose ntbackup because I've only one partition on
the system disk (160GB) and it's almost full, but I want to backup only the
system the rest of the disk is composed of temporary files or data that I can
loose without problems.
If I use DriveImage I need at least 120GB to backup the disk, but the system
is less then 20GB.
Do you know a software that can replace ntbackup?
I don't want repartinon my disk in system and data partition, but if I don't
find a better solution I'll do it and I'll use a drive imaging software.



"Mike Lowery" wrote:

> Ntbackups is a pathetic excuse for a backup solution. Use something more
> robust. Personally I use DriveImage XML.
>
> "Paolo Francese" <francese at polito dot it> wrote in message
> news:491EE6F8-CC81-4ABB-A912-AD7293DFF771@microsoft.com...
> > When I try to backup the sytem state on an external USB disk using ntbackup
> > the USB disk became unavailable, the backup fail and I have to disconnect and
> > reconnect USB disk to access it.
> > If I try to backup the system state on the 2nd disk, ATA disk, the system
> > hangs and I have to restart it using reset button.
> >
> > I have no problem to backup system diectory (c:\windows\) or any data files.
> >
> > The system is Windows XP Pro SP2, patched with the latest patches available
> > on windows update site.
> >
> > I hope anyone can help me, thanks in advance.
>
>
>

It all depends on what kind of backup you need. If you need to restore your
entire system to the way it was, a partition backup is probably the best. If
you just need to backup specific files, there are many backup programs capable
of this. Here are some to consider:
http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm
http://clonezilla.sourceforge.net/
http://www.backup.comodo.com/

"Paolo Francese" <francese at polito dot it> wrote in message
news:AD4C41D5-F01C-4B7A-83CE-503125F5B5B6@microsoft.com...
>I agree with you, but I choose ntbackup because I've only one partition on
> the system disk (160GB) and it's almost full, but I want to backup only the
> system the rest of the disk is composed of temporary files or data that I can
> loose without problems.
> If I use DriveImage I need at least 120GB to backup the disk, but the system
> is less then 20GB.
> Do you know a software that can replace ntbackup?
> I don't want repartinon my disk in system and data partition, but if I don't
> find a better solution I'll do it and I'll use a drive imaging software.
>
>
>
> "Mike Lowery" wrote:
>
>> Ntbackups is a pathetic excuse for a backup solution. Use something more
>> robust. Personally I use DriveImage XML.
>>
>> "Paolo Francese" <francese at polito dot it> wrote in message
>> news:491EE6F8-CC81-4ABB-A912-AD7293DFF771@microsoft.com...
>> > When I try to backup the sytem state on an external USB disk using ntbackup
>> > the USB disk became unavailable, the backup fail and I have to disconnect
>> > and
>> > reconnect USB disk to access it.
>> > If I try to backup the system state on the 2nd disk, ATA disk, the system
>> > hangs and I have to restart it using reset button.
>> >
>> > I have no problem to backup system diectory (c:\windows\) or any data
>> > files.
>> >
>> > The system is Windows XP Pro SP2, patched with the latest patches available
>> > on windows update site.
>> >
>> > I hope anyone can help me, thanks in advance.
>>
>>
>>