backing up data

I would like to use my secondary computer to back up my primary computer. Can
this be done and how. The two computers are connected via wireless network.

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I guess that depends upon what you mean by "back up." If you share a folder
on your second computer you could run the Windows Backup on your primary
computer and have it save the backup file to the shared folder on the second
computer.

Or if you can map a drive letter on the second computer to the hard drive of
your primary computer I guess you could use Windows backup on the second
computer to back up the drive that way.

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"BJ" <> wrote in message
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>I would like to use my secondary computer to back up my primary computer.
>Can
> this be done and how. The two computers are connected via wireless
> network.

Ben M. Schorr - MVP

On 18-Feb-2006, "Ben M. Schorr - MVP" <> wrote:

> I guess that depends upon what you mean by "back up." If you share a folder
> on your second computer you could run the Windows Backup on your primary
> computer and have it save the backup file to the shared folder on the second
> computer.

Depends on where your important data is. Some mail ans stuff is stored on the
OS drive. So in the case of WinXP a Ghost image on a removable hard drive is
a good idea. If the rest of your stuff is on a second drive, then Fileback will
copy only the changed files (quicker) to the same removable drive.
I have two such removable 250GB drives, one kept 20 miles away, in case of
fire, flood, theft.

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