The ReadMe.TXT for the utility says:
NTBackup Backup/Restore and ASR release notes
Backup/Restore
ASR
1. ASR is not supported on home edition.
IF you install NtBackup from the CD to the Home Edition, ASR functionality will appear to work fine during
the backup session. Since the setup does not support ASR in the home edition, there is no way to initiate
the ASR restore in case of a disaster. If you need to restore from this session, install Windows XP manually
and then restore from the ASR media.
2. Backup to CDRW
If you decide to backup to a CDRW, you cannot target that device directly. You must create a backup set of
650MB or less and backup to a file. After the file is complete, copy the file to the CDRW.
Please refer to the readme for XP home edition for additional notes.
Me again: Although I presume that these notes do not indicate a risk in using the utility, I'm a little unsure about this.
I don't understand paragraph 1. I presume the disaster it is referring to is a failure of my computer to work, right? And I don't know what "from this session" means: it looks to me like it is superfluous and that the sentence would mean about the same thing if that language were removed. And when it refers to "install Windows XP manually", what does the word "manually" add? Would the sentence mean the same thing if that language were removed? If I am at that point, do I just insert my CD and reinstall? What does "manually" mean?
I presume that paragraph 2 means that if the utility is holding more than 650 MB and I want to send it to a CD, I need to separate the backed up material into sets of no more than 650 MB each. And I guess that the utility provides a way to do this. Am I right?
grandpaw