I have a XP Pro PC with Raid 1 (2x40gb)

What I would like to do is backup My Documents, settings , etc. So, if my XP
messes up I can re-install XP then restore all my settings and documents to
the new XP install.

I would like backup over a LAN to a Linux PC. Is there any software out
there that can automate this for me?

Thanks

Clive

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"Clive" <someone@nospam.com> wrote in
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> I have a XP Pro PC with Raid 1 (2x40gb)
>
> What I would like to do is backup My Documents, settings , etc. So, if
> my XP messes up I can re-install XP then restore all my settings and
> documents to the new XP install.
>
> I would like backup over a LAN to a Linux PC. Is there any software
> out there that can automate this for me?
>
I use some software called Replicator.  It can be found here:

http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp

All you need on the Linux side is a software program called Samba.  It
makes Linux look like another MS Windows machine to Windows machines on
your network.  I have created a Samba share called "backups" and have
Replicator copy everything I want backedup to the Linux side.

Replicator includes the ability to run backups at anytime you want.

--
Frank Hahn

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In article <ugHQc.63037$a8.9064
@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk>, someone@nospam.com says...
> I have a XP Pro PC with Raid 1 (2x40gb)
>
> What I would like to do is backup My Documents, settings , etc. So, if my 
XP
> messes up I can re-install XP then restore all my settings and documents t
o
> the new XP install.
>
> I would like backup over a LAN to a Linux PC. Is there any software out
> there that can automate this for me?

rsync in daemon mode on the linux server, or ssh+rsync

You can create a batch file to run at startup (put a
link in the startup folder), or you can schedule it to
run using Task Scheduler.  (The task scheduler option
can even run when you're not logged in.)

Other alternative is running samba on the linux server,
mapping a drive, and then using something like Second
Copy 2000.  (Which is all GUI-based rather then command
line.)

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