In Folders>Options>View tick Show Hidden Files and Folders.
If you are not backing up to an external source your backups are of little
use in the event of hard drive failure.
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"Benzmum" <Benzmum@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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> I've been manually backing up my data files on a weekly basis, and I'm
> finding that Vista overlooks a number of files when I use the Advanced
> Search. I do a search for files modified or created > a given date, and
> Windows gives me a list. But there's always a few that it misses. Has
> anyone
> else experienced this? I realize that manual backups may not be the most
> efficient way to go, but I don't have the budget for an external drive and
> I
> haven't found Roxio very helpful. In fact, when I was using XP my method
> worked unfailingly. What's going on with Vista?