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Old 01-12-2008   #3 (permalink)
Joe
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Re: Vista system backup

Vista can also do a complete system backup as a mirror image of the hard
drive- at least some versions of Vista. And the Vista version can do it or a
file backup to another hard drive, something the OneCare version can't do-
hopefully in future versions?

Joe

"StephenB" <sboots@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Cury" <edsoncury@xxxxxx> wrote:
>
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>>I am trying to backup all my system (programs, files, etc) using my Vista
>>Home Premium, but I guess it cant able to do this (I guess it backup only
>>files not programs installed).
>>
>>My computer will go to HP to maintenance and I was requested to backup all
>>my system to avoid missed them.
>>I have a second HD (200GB) and I would like to backup all my system to
>>prevent the HP to format and recover my system at the factory
>>configuration.
>>
>>So, is there any "free" program to do this?
>>
>>thanks
> You're in a OneCare newsgroup, not the Vista newsgroups, but neither
> backup in
> Windows Live OneCare or Vista Home Premium will do what you want. Both
> backup
> data only. There are probably free partition backup programs, but you may
> well
> get what you pay for. I recommend tryin Acronis True Image to do what you
> want.
> It is about $50 US and well worth it.
> -steve
>
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> Stephen Boots sboots@xxxxxx
> Microsoft MVP - Windows Live
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