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I need some advice on how I should complete regular backups on my system. In
the past I have always done 'manual backups' of my data.... of course that
requires me to remember to do the backup therefore the backups do not
necessarily occur on regular intervals. I know this method is better than
nothing, but still risky - I've had a couple of scares in the past two
months, but luckily I was able to retrieve all my important files without
data loss. So, now its time to automate my backup process.
I just upgraded to Vista & I was hoping it would be my backup solution, but
it seems to be falling short of my expectations. I was under the expectation
that the backup feature would have more 'user control' than it does (I'm
basing this on some pre-release/beta version reviews so maybe there was some
speculation in the information).
So, I'm not sure if I'm missing something in the settings or if I need to
use some 3rd party software instead. What I would like to do is schedule a
complete system backup approx ever 6 months (seems like this is what vista is
capable of doing). In addition, I would like to do more frequent backups of
specific files/documents/folders on a more regular basis ie. something
like 'my favorites', 'my documents', etc I would probably only update
monthly, outlook files, financial/quickbooks files I would backup weekly and
music/photo/video files would be backed up whenever new files are imported.
Is this asking too much of Vista backup (premium edition). I also have
Live OneCare (backup is currently disabled), but it doesn't seem to have much
different than Vista Backup. If I need to use 3rd pard can you recommend
something that would do what I need?
Thanks in advance.
the past I have always done 'manual backups' of my data.... of course that
requires me to remember to do the backup therefore the backups do not
necessarily occur on regular intervals. I know this method is better than
nothing, but still risky - I've had a couple of scares in the past two
months, but luckily I was able to retrieve all my important files without
data loss. So, now its time to automate my backup process.
I just upgraded to Vista & I was hoping it would be my backup solution, but
it seems to be falling short of my expectations. I was under the expectation
that the backup feature would have more 'user control' than it does (I'm
basing this on some pre-release/beta version reviews so maybe there was some
speculation in the information).
So, I'm not sure if I'm missing something in the settings or if I need to
use some 3rd party software instead. What I would like to do is schedule a
complete system backup approx ever 6 months (seems like this is what vista is
capable of doing). In addition, I would like to do more frequent backups of
specific files/documents/folders on a more regular basis ie. something
like 'my favorites', 'my documents', etc I would probably only update
monthly, outlook files, financial/quickbooks files I would backup weekly and
music/photo/video files would be backed up whenever new files are imported.
Is this asking too much of Vista backup (premium edition). I also have
Live OneCare (backup is currently disabled), but it doesn't seem to have much
different than Vista Backup. If I need to use 3rd pard can you recommend
something that would do what I need?
Thanks in advance.