Vista Home Basic does NOT include the Complete Backup program that will make
an image of your complete drive. It only includes the file backup program.
If you have Vista Business or Ultimate, then you can use Complete Backup to
make an image backup to another drive, partition or DVDs.
Then you can create a bootable repair CD/DVD (or use the Vista installation
DVD), which will allow you to restore the backup.
http://www.microsoft.com/windows/win...es/backup.aspx
If you don't have Vista Business or Ultimate, then you have to use another
backup program like Acronis True Image.
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"JamesJ" <jjy@xxxxxx_roadrunner.com> wrote in message
news:ujVDglE9JHA.3544@xxxxxx
Quote:
> I couldn't find complete backups only backups for personal files.
> My goal is to format my hard drive and install Vista Basic. And once
> it's installed with all updates I want to create a backup of my entire
> drive. I guess they
> refer to it as an image. In order to restore this image one needs to have
> a boot disc with
> the software that was used to create the image?
>
> James
>
> "Dave" <Dave@xxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:uDKTLBE9JHA.288@xxxxxx Quote:
>> sheesh....
>>
>> But not ALL versions of Vista contain Complete Backup...
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>> Windows 7 RC
>> http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
>> http://download.live.com/wlmail
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>> "Dave" <Dave@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>> news:#TXotuD9JHA.1380@xxxxxx Quote:
>>> You mean "restore"?
>>> Yes.
>>> But not versions of Vista contain Complete Backup...
>>>
>>>
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>>> Windows 7 RC
>>> http://get.live.com/wlmail/overview
>>> http://download.live.com/wlmail
>>>
>>> "JamesJ" <jjy@xxxxxx_roadrunner.com> wrote in message
>>> news:O7HzlcD9JHA.4176@xxxxxx
>>>> Can I recover from the 'image' that vista creates?
>>>>
>>>> James
>>>>
>>>> "Karim Af Afnel" <afafnel@xxxxxx> wrote in message
>>>> news:%23hR1zJD9JHA.1336@xxxxxx
>>>>>
>>>>> "JamesJ" <jjy@xxxxxx_roadrunner.com> wrote:
>>>>>> on good image and backup software.
>>>>> My suggest are the onboard tools (Backup and Complete backup) of
>>>>> Vista.
>>>>> Sure, the Arconis tool offers more functions, but who needs all that
>>>>> stuff.
>>>>>
>>>>> The complete backup (image) creates a full image, the next backups are
>>>>> incremental on block level.
>>>>>
>>>>>> boot disk for recovery.
>>>>> The Vista disk is the bootdisk.
>>>>>
>>>>>> I want to be able to control when I make the backups
>>>>> Windows gives you everything :-)
>>>>>
>>>>> Try it.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> >