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Lab 11.1.5.1: Backing up With Windows 2000

Estimated Time: 20 Minutes

Objective

In this exercise the student will use the backup wizard from Windows 2000 to perform a
backup of files to the hard disk.

Equipment

The following equipment is required for this exercise:

• A computer system running Windows 2000 Professional

Scenario

The System Administrator for the XYZ Company needs to back up some of the files on
the server. These files are important to the company and losing these files would cause
damage to the company. It is the administrator’s job to perform backups as preventative
maintenance, and to back up important files as required.

Procedures

In this lab, the student will use the Windows Back up Wizard to select the files that to be
backed up, and then perform the Back up.

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Step 1: Creating, running, and verifying a backup job

1. Log on to the Server with the Administrator account

2. When the systems boots up, go to Start > Run.

3. In the Run Dialog box, type ntbackup and then click OK. The Backup dialog box will

display.

4. Read the three descriptions under the Welcome tab, and click Backup Wizard. The

Backup Wizard will start.

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5. Click

Next, to display the “What To Back Up” screen. Select the type of backup to

perform.

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6. Click

the

Back Up Selected Files, Drives, Or Network Data button, and then click

Next. At this point, the “Items To Back Up” screen will display, prompting to select the
local and network drives, folders, and files to be backed up.

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7. Expand “My Computer” and click twice on the words System State (do not select the

box to the left of System State) to display the System State files that can be backed
up.

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8. In the left window, expand the C: drive by double-clicking on the letter C. Do not

select the check box to the left of C:.

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9. In the details window, scroll down and select the boot.ini check box and click Next.

The “Where To Store The Backup” screen will display. In the “Backup Media or File
Name” text box, type c:\ backup1.bkf and then click Next.

Note: The “Backup Media Type” drop-down list will be gray because there is no
removable media to backup to and “File” is the only backup media type available. In a
real scenario, the technician would want to do a back up to some type of removable
media, removable disk, or to another hard drive on another computer.

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10. The “Completing The Backup Wizard” screen should display. This screen shows the

details of the backup to be performed. Additional changes could be made from this
point also. Click the Advanced button.

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11. When the “Type Of Backup” screen displays, make sure that “Normal” is selected

and that the “Backup Migrated Remote Storage Data” check box is not checked.

12. Click Next. The “How To Backup” screen should display. This allows verification of

the backed up data after performing the backup.

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13. Select the “Verify Data After Backup” check box, and then click Next.

14. The “Media Options” page will display prompting to specify whether to “append this

backup job to existing media” or “overwrite existing backup data on the destination
media”. Click Replace The Data On The Media With This Backup button.

15. Click Next. The “Backup Label” screen displays asking to supply a label for the

backup job and for the backup media. If the label information is not entered, Windows

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will supply a backup label and media label by using the current date and time by
default.

16. In the Backup Label text box, type Boot.ini backup set created on xxx

(xxx is today's date and time). Do not change anything in the “Media Label” text box,
click Next.

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17. When the “When To Back Up” screen displays choose whether to run the backup job

now or schedule this backup job. For this lab, select the Now radio button. Click
Next.

18. When the “Completing The Backup Wizard” screen displays, click Finish to start the

backup job.

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19. Windows Backup will display the “Selection Information” dialog box, indicating the

estimated amount of data for the backup and the time to complete.

20. The Windows Backup will display the Backup Progress dialog box which shows the

status of the backup operation, statistics on estimated and actual amount of data
being processed, the time that has elapsed, and the estimated time that remains for
the backup to complete.

21. When the backup is complete, click the Report button. A backup report will be

displayed. The backup report contains key details about the backup operation, such
as the time it started and how many files were backed up. Review the report and
close Notepad.

22. Close the “Backup Progress” dialog box and the “Backup Dialog” box.

Reflection

This is just one way to perform a backup. Are there any other ways that a backup can be
performed?