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 Automatic backup of Windows Server 2003 and 2 XP machines
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The following question was recently submitted by a user via e-mail: I want to set up automatic nightly backup of my PCs and server; I’m running a 2003 Windows server and 2 XP machines, both of which have 800 GB external USB hard drives. What utilities would you recommend?

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ASKED: February 24, 2009  4:26 PM
UPDATED: November 8, 2011  4:26 AM
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You could easily just use NTBACKUP with this configuration. Here is a <a href="http://www.ntbackup.us/Articles/backup-scheduling.htm">good guide </a>for you.
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Try NTBackup. It is a built-in backup utility in Windows server 2003. But Using it for schedule backup server is not a very easy thing for this utility is very buggy. Get more information from the MS technet. There has detailed steps of doing schedule backup with ntbackup.

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of course NTbackup is a built-in tool and can solve ur purpose, but if u wish for 3rd party SW then plz look at here and it is completely free…..

Subhendu Sen
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