101 - Excellent Tips

It is very important to back up your data as you know a sudden power outage, or a virus in your computer or broken of your PC can results into lost of all your important files, data or some critical financial records. The one thing you can do to keep your data safe is Backup. Following are some tips that will guide you how to Back up your data by Windows XP Backup utility.

How to install the Windows XP Backup Utility:

If you are using Windows XP Professional than there is no need to install it as it comes already installed. For Windows XP Home Edition you have to install manually.

To install it first insert your Windows XP CD into the drive. The CD will open automatically, if it’s not than go to Start / My Computer and double click the CD-ROM icon.

Now you can see Welcome to Microsoft Windows XP screen, click Perform Additional Tasks and select Browse the CD. In Windows Explorer, double-click the ValueAdd folder, in that click on Microsoft folder, and than click on the Ntbackup folder. Now in that Ntbackup folder double click the file Ntbackup.msi, and Backup Utility will be installed.

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To share files with other computers without using e-mail is very easy. Make sure following hardware are there, you must be connected with two windows PCs in a wired or wireless connection. Keep turned on on the PCs security/firewalls.

Now first create a shared folder on your windows XP desktop. To configure file and folder sharing in Windows Xp, you need to be logged on as the asministrator. Roght click on the Start button and if you can see ‘open all users‘ than you logged in as asministrator.

To share the contents of your MyVideos folder, open your MyDocuments folder, right-click on the MyVideos folder, and then select sharing and security from the drop-down menu.

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