Backup windows xp without cd

Details required :. Cancel Submit. Bill Smithers Volunteer Moderator. You may or may not have a manufacturer's recovery partition imaged onto your hard drive to do what you want to do if XP came preinstalled Acer, Dell, HP, etc. How satisfied are you with this reply? Thanks for your feedback, it helps us improve the site.

Hi Charlie, You don't, at least not without the installation media. What problem are you having that brings you to want to try a "Factory Reset" of XP? That's called factory resetting which is what you asked about. Below is an example to back up Windows XP data to an external hard drive. Step 1. Click the " Select backup contents " button to start backup. Step 2. Step 3. Both local and network files will be listed on the left.

You can expand the directory to select the files to be backed up. Step 4. Follow the on-screen guide, select the destination where you want to save the backup. Click " Options " to encrypt the backup with password in " Backup Options ", set the backup schedule and choose to start back up at certain event in " Backup Scheme ".

There are also many other options you can explore, customize the backup task according to your need. Step 5. Step 6. EaseUS Todo Backup enables users to back up data to both third-party cloud drive and its own cloud drive.

If you want to back up data to third-party cloud drive, choose Local Drive, scroll down to add Cloud Device, add and login your account. You can also choose EaseUS's own cloud drive. Step 7. Click " Backup Now " to start backup. After the backup task is completed, it will be displayed in the form of a card on the left side of the panel.

Right-click the backup task to further manage it. Unlike third-party backup software, Windows XP backup utility is a handy built-in backup tool created by Microsoft.

It aims to protect the Windows XP system and restore the computer to an earlier state from OS crash error. After you download the PE-Builder and the Service Pack 2 make sure they are both installed and working before proceeding with the following steps.

Integrate the files by typing XPSP2. Next, you want to launch the PE-Builder V. X software. Under Output select a destination directory for your completed disc. You have the choice of either saving the files as ISO, which can be altered later or you can burn the information directly to the disc. ISO is the best choice if you want to add other files and plug-ins.