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i believe that a quick format is just as suggested, and only prepares the disk for file system in a limited way, whereas a full format includes full surface scan and error check. thats what i was told, but a techy will probably correct me there, anyway i always prefer the full format (atleast...

dtracy, lol i do have a bit of a tendancy to ramble on a bit and over stretch details alittle, but but linney could see through the haze and got me where i needed to go. the programme Ntbkup is an open source prog and is available for download, in many formats for free. I think a good...

linney..... your a star ;-) thanks mate thats all i needed. all the years i have been into computers and i didnt know you could drag an exe into a cmd box lol. it opened straight away and gave all the syntax in a nice neat list. guess what ? my msbackup so called corrupted file which is...

hey walnut, obvious question but did wga windows advantage tool validate your copy of xp as genuine ? some of the critical updates need a reboot between them try going to custom install and only installing the culmutive patches, with a reboot inbetween each and that may help. if wga has given...

hi blitz, firstly no you cannot do these things in safe mode im affraid you have to do them from the bios (small memory with the hardware configs situated on the main board) it would probably help you if you have the main board manula (if you built the system yourself you will certainly have...

i feel perhaps th epoint is being a little overlooked. the data is priceless to me but i simply dont have $200 to spare at the moment, plus th efact i also begrudge paying for something when i know there are other alternatives to be explored. the guy that made the nTbackup utility is here or...

thanks for the replies, i couldnt log in yestreday as my braodband had gone down in the exchange (the luck im having lateley). yes i altered all permissions and i verified data afterwards and all was well. I think the problem may have been migrating at the time over several logical drives (some...

Hi to all on this great forum. I know this issue has been discussed before on here a good while ago now, but this times it has happened to me and im at my wits end at what to do. I new that MSBackup has some issues over multi OS's ie backing up in 98 and trying to migrate and then restore...