NO Backup Utility With New Sony Vaio

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Installing the Backup Program on the Home Version
http://www.onecomputerguy.com/windowsxp_tips.htm#backup...

HOW TO: Use Backup to Back Up Files and Folders on Your Computer in Windows XP
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;308422&Product=winxp

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"Pappy" wrote:

| I have had my Sony Vaio Desktop for a year now. Came with NO SOFTWARE,
| PERIOD! Made my own "RECOVERY discs but NO provision for any "BACKUP"
| utility. So with a computer with NO software but XPHOME on it, how do I get
| the genuine Microsoft Backup utility installed?

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You might want to think about a NON-Microsoft backup utility. Nearly all
are better than the one that comnes with XP. I like Acronis TrueImage, but
Norton GHOST is also pretty good.


"Pappy" <Pappy@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:41C95830-C4AE-4B0C-9AAA-36679C01AF35@microsoft.com...
> I have had my Sony Vaio Desktop for a year now. Came with NO SOFTWARE,
> PERIOD! Made my own "RECOVERY discs but NO provision for any "BACKUP"
> utility. So with a computer with NO software but XPHOME on it, how do I
> get
> the genuine Microsoft Backup utility installed?