Windows System Requirements for Safe Backup Plus - Safe Backup Plus

Windows System Requirements for Safe Backup Plus - Safe Backup Plus

System Requirements

  • x86_32+SSE2 or x86_64 CPU architecture
  • Minimum 1024x600 screen resolution
  • Windows Vista, 7, 8, 8.1, 10, or newer
  • Windows Server 2008, 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, 2016, or newer

Not compatible with Windows XP (released 2001) or Server 2003

At the time of writing, there is no version of Safe Backup Plus available for Windows XP / Server 2003. All versions of Safe Backup Plus rely heavily on features that were only introduced in Windows Vista / Server 2008.

Windows XP / Server 2003 no longer receives security patches from Microsoft. It is unsafe to connect such a machine to the internet. If you are attempting to supply backup services to a customer in this situation, you should arrange to first upgrade their operating system with urgency.

If you need to backup an XP or Server 2003 machine locally then we would recommend to install our Safe Backup product (https://www.safedatastorage.co.uk/business-cloud-backup) which still supports XP and Server 2003. 

Workarounds

You can work around this issue by

  • installing Safe Backup Plus Backup on another machine, and then backup the XP machine over the network; or
  • virtualizing the XP machine, and backing up the VM guest from the VM host. This also allows you to remove internet access from the XP machine.

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