The maintenance utility is a powerful tool to keep personal files or else to record the state of the system at some point. It is possible to accomplish discs of restoration with our documents in case the computer would suffer a strict fault.

Explanation

Throw the maintenance utility (Démarrer small / All Programmes / Accessories / Tools System / Backup)


If you do not find this tool, it is is possible be installed, what is case by default. For it, it is necessary to take the CD ROM of Windows XP given with any computer. Double-click the file: ' D:\VALUEADD\MSFT\NTBACKUP\NTBACKUP.MSI ' to instal the maintenance utility.

Once the tool ' Backup ' was thrown, check the hut 'Always start in attending mode'. They are going to use a helper who offers us 2 possible operations.

Safeguard files and parametres

This operation allows to point out files and files which they want to include in maintenance.

Choose the files that you want to safeguard (my Documents, All computer, individual choice).


By clicking on 'me let choose files to be safeguarded', it is necessary to note that it is possible to include important data of the computer: ' System State ' (register, files of starting).


Then, it is necessary to give a name to maintenance and to choose in which site to record it.

Click on 'According to ' then 'End ' to accomplish maintenance (format *.bkf) or on ' Advanced Options ' to define other parametres.

In 'advanced Options', it is possible to point the type of maintenance, the check on data, to speed maintenance up cliché (maintenance of files in the course of writing), point out if it is necessary to add this maintenance to other one, to plan maintenance...

Restore files and parametres

With this option, data from a maintenance before created are restored.

It is necessary to choose a maintenance (*.bkf).


Then click on 'According to ' then 'End ' to load maintenance. If you want to prove other options, click on ' Advanced Options '.

In 'Advanced Options', it is possible to point out where to restore maintenance, to choose options of replacement of files (ancient, existent), the restoration of parametres...