Vista - Re: Drive Image Software

> I'm running Ultimate, but I've not looked at it myself. And from what
> I've read (here) , you can't fine-tune it like you can with
> third-party software such as Acronis TrueImage.
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Yes, any sophisticated, intelligent, user needs more options than that.

Can you defrag system files in Vista?

Can you see precisely which files are fragmented and just defragment those?

Can you pack everything closely together if you choose and take longer to
defrag or leave more open spaces and do it quicker?

Can you carefully and selectively backup just individual folders and use
either incremental backups or full backups.

Can you backup 20 GB of programs and data over a USB link to an external HDD
in less than 20 minutes?

Once you've backed up the built-in HDD, can you then go to your backup files
individually and read the text files or look at the graphics files and
program files -- as if they were on your HDD, with full ability to read
them, look at them, copy and paste them elsewhere?

DSH

"Richard" <rgdakin@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
news:609C24DC-7DD8-42DE-BB22-C7D71F381B9C@microsoft.com...

> Not necessarily. You might want to buy TrueImage, but not everyone would
> need to.

> I want to backup & restore the entire system, so it does the job for me.
> There is a 2nd backup option in Vista to backup files on a schedule which
> I also use successfully, so that's all my backup needs covered.
>
> Not used Perfectdisk since NT4 days which didn't include a defrag app.
> Since then i've used the built in defrag in 2000/XP/Vista & ran it
> overnight.

> No complaints here.
>
> But if you need more features in a imaging app maybe you need 3rd party.
>
> "D. Spencer Hines" <poguemidden@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23IUBHpRWHHA.192@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...

>> So, one should still buy TrueImage Home 10.0.
>>
>> How about the Disk Defragmenter in Vista Ultimate -- how does it compare
>> to PerfectDisk?
>>
>> DSH
>>
>> "Richard" <rgdakin@hotmail.co.uk> wrote in message
>> news:1AB95F33-B3C6-4D1C-B01D-47F5A6312E06@microsoft.com...
>>
>>> It just makes the image within windows while you carry on working & you
>>> restore by booting from the Vista DVD & doing a repair.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Scott" <geekboy@angrykeyboarder.comatose> wrote in message
>>> news:ni63u2lnsg4icrp8hdq1muc1dbsg795h3s@4ax.com...

>>>> On Sun, 25 Feb 2007 11:16:42 -0000, "Richard" <rgdakin@hotmail.co.uk>
>>>> spake thusly:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>If you get Vista Ultimate or business it has imaging software built in
>>>>>& it works great.
>>>>
>>>> I'm running Ultimate, but I've not looked at it myself. And from what
>>>> I've read (here) , you can't fine-tune it like you can with
>>>> third-party software such as Acronis TrueImage.
>>>> --
>>>> Scott http://angrykeyboarder.com