Windows backup

cu3ed · 19 Sep 2010 at 18:01

Is it worth using?

ive always been unsire so perioically i jsut drag and drop and replce folders that are important to me, was just curious as to what the Windows Backup was any good.

cosmogenesis · 19 Sep 2010 at 18:41

Which version of Windows XP/Vista/7?

XP backup is limited to tapes and disk but not optical media.
In Vista and Windows 7 you have to buy a higher version to get the backup software and that is very good.

theheyes · 19 Sep 2010 at 20:58

cosmogenesis said:
In Vista and Windows 7 you have to buy a higher version to get the backup software and that is very good.

Well, it's in the Home Premium version as well, but if you want to back up to network shares you need Pro/Enterprise/Ultimate. Aside from that it's the same i.e. good.

cu3ed · 19 Sep 2010 at 21:53

Yea i Have Home win7, its jsut for all my general files etc.

theheyes · 20 Sep 2010 at 17:03

As long as you don't need anything fancy the built in backup is absolutely fine. I use it.

metalmackey · 20 Sep 2010 at 21:01

It does the job for me nicely

j.col · 20 Sep 2010 at 21:44

i use it too

and once a month a create a system image to my ext. hard drive

cu3ed · 21 Sep 2010 at 00:46

How much does it back up...to be honest I dont need it to back up windows as such, or my programmes, I have all of them and preferr a clean install if anything goes wrong.

Is theire any way you can set it jsut to back up certain files, then do incrementals?

Or am I asking to much of it?

wilko49 · 21 Sep 2010 at 01:39

The default behaviour is to only back up the User files iirc... but you can specify which folders to back up or ignore.