Vista - Complete PC Backup Problem

Here's my problem: I bought my laptop with Vista Home Premium, then I
upgraded to Vista Ultimate using the Windows Anytime Upgrade Disk (after
shelling out $159 for a license key). I wanted Vista Ultimate so I could use
the "Windows Complete PC Backup" feature which is supposed to make a complete
image of the system disk. I tried to do this and everything seemed OK ... I
used an external USB HDD for the backup and Vista took just 20 minutes to
backup my 43 gigs of files to the backup drive. When I went to look in the
"WindowsImageBackup" folder on the USB drive it said the folder was empty!!!
But when I looked at the amount of free space remaining on the drive it was
approx. 20 gigs less than before I did the backup! Why do I not see anything
when I look in the WindowsImageBackup folder??? Any help is much appreciated

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CarlC wrote:
> Here's my problem: I bought my laptop with Vista Home Premium, then I
> upgraded to Vista Ultimate using the Windows Anytime Upgrade Disk (after
> shelling out $159 for a license key). I wanted Vista Ultimate so I could use
> the "Windows Complete PC Backup" feature which is supposed to make a complete
> image of the system disk. I tried to do this and everything seemed OK ... I
> used an external USB HDD for the backup and Vista took just 20 minutes to
> backup my 43 gigs of files to the backup drive. When I went to look in the
> "WindowsImageBackup" folder on the USB drive it said the folder was empty!!!
> But when I looked at the amount of free space remaining on the drive it was
> approx. 20 gigs less than before I did the backup! Why do I not see anything
> when I look in the WindowsImageBackup folder??? Any help is much appreciated

It is hidden, your backup is there, they are protected files.
If you went to Ultimate only for the disk imaging feature, you could
have bought Acronis & saved money....but the complete backup feature
does the job, I have never had a problem with it.
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Thanks very much for your reply. I also got Ultimate for BitDefender
encryption, but then found out I needed a TPM chip which my laptop (Toshiba
U205-S5067) does not have! So yes, I did waste a lot of $$$ ;-(

"Richard" wrote:

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> CarlC wrote:
> > Here's my problem: I bought my laptop with Vista Home Premium, then I
> > upgraded to Vista Ultimate using the Windows Anytime Upgrade Disk (after
> > shelling out $159 for a license key). I wanted Vista Ultimate so I could use
> > the "Windows Complete PC Backup" feature which is supposed to make a complete
> > image of the system disk. I tried to do this and everything seemed OK ... I
> > used an external USB HDD for the backup and Vista took just 20 minutes to
> > backup my 43 gigs of files to the backup drive. When I went to look in the
> > "WindowsImageBackup" folder on the USB drive it said the folder was empty!!!
> > But when I looked at the amount of free space remaining on the drive it was
> > approx. 20 gigs less than before I did the backup! Why do I not see anything
> > when I look in the WindowsImageBackup folder??? Any help is much appreciated
>
> It is hidden, your backup is there, they are protected files.
> If you went to Ultimate only for the disk imaging feature, you could
> have bought Acronis & saved money....but the complete backup feature
> does the job, I have never had a problem with it.
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CarlC wrote:
> Thanks very much for your reply. I also got Ultimate for BitDefender
> encryption, but then found out I needed a TPM chip which my laptop (Toshiba
> U205-S5067) does not have! So yes, I did waste a lot of $$$ ;-(
>
> "Richard" wrote:
>
> CarlC wrote:
>>>> Here's my problem: I bought my laptop with Vista Home Premium, then I
>>>> upgraded to Vista Ultimate using the Windows Anytime Upgrade Disk (after
>>>> shelling out $159 for a license key). I wanted Vista Ultimate so I could use
>>>> the "Windows Complete PC Backup" feature which is supposed to make a complete
>>>> image of the system disk. I tried to do this and everything seemed OK ... I
>>>> used an external USB HDD for the backup and Vista took just 20 minutes to
>>>> backup my 43 gigs of files to the backup drive. When I went to look in the
>>>> "WindowsImageBackup" folder on the USB drive it said the folder was empty!!!
>>>> But when I looked at the amount of free space remaining on the drive it was
>>>> approx. 20 gigs less than before I did the backup! Why do I not see anything
>>>> when I look in the WindowsImageBackup folder??? Any help is much appreciated
> It is hidden, your backup is there, they are protected files.
> If you went to Ultimate only for the disk imaging feature, you could
> have bought Acronis & saved money....but the complete backup feature
> does the job, I have never had a problem with it.

You don't necessarily need a TPM for Bitlocker.
As long as the machine can access a usb key at boot, you can
authenticate by inserting a usb key for Bitlocker.



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Thanks again!!! I'll check that out.

"Richard" wrote:

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> CarlC wrote:
> > Thanks very much for your reply. I also got Ultimate for BitDefender
> > encryption, but then found out I needed a TPM chip which my laptop (Toshiba
> > U205-S5067) does not have! So yes, I did waste a lot of $$$ ;-(
> >
> > "Richard" wrote:
> >
> > CarlC wrote:
> >>>> Here's my problem: I bought my laptop with Vista Home Premium, then I
> >>>> upgraded to Vista Ultimate using the Windows Anytime Upgrade Disk (after
> >>>> shelling out $159 for a license key). I wanted Vista Ultimate so I could use
> >>>> the "Windows Complete PC Backup" feature which is supposed to make a complete
> >>>> image of the system disk. I tried to do this and everything seemed OK ... I
> >>>> used an external USB HDD for the backup and Vista took just 20 minutes to
> >>>> backup my 43 gigs of files to the backup drive. When I went to look in the
> >>>> "WindowsImageBackup" folder on the USB drive it said the folder was empty!!!
> >>>> But when I looked at the amount of free space remaining on the drive it was
> >>>> approx. 20 gigs less than before I did the backup! Why do I not see anything
> >>>> when I look in the WindowsImageBackup folder??? Any help is much appreciated
> > It is hidden, your backup is there, they are protected files.
> > If you went to Ultimate only for the disk imaging feature, you could
> > have bought Acronis & saved money....but the complete backup feature
> > does the job, I have never had a problem with it.
>
> You don't necessarily need a TPM for Bitlocker.
> As long as the machine can access a usb key at boot, you can
> authenticate by inserting a usb key for Bitlocker.
>
>
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CarlC wrote:
> Thanks again!!! I'll check that out.
>
> "Richard" wrote:
>
> CarlC wrote:
>>>> Thanks very much for your reply. I also got Ultimate for BitDefender
>>>> encryption, but then found out I needed a TPM chip which my laptop (Toshiba
>>>> U205-S5067) does not have! So yes, I did waste a lot of $$$ ;-(
>>>>
>>>> "Richard" wrote:
>>>>
>>>> CarlC wrote:
>>>>>>> Here's my problem: I bought my laptop with Vista Home Premium, then I
>>>>>>> upgraded to Vista Ultimate using the Windows Anytime Upgrade Disk (after
>>>>>>> shelling out $159 for a license key). I wanted Vista Ultimate so I could use
>>>>>>> the "Windows Complete PC Backup" feature which is supposed to make a complete
>>>>>>> image of the system disk. I tried to do this and everything seemed OK ... I
>>>>>>> used an external USB HDD for the backup and Vista took just 20 minutes to
>>>>>>> backup my 43 gigs of files to the backup drive. When I went to look in the
>>>>>>> "WindowsImageBackup" folder on the USB drive it said the folder was empty!!!
>>>>>>> But when I looked at the amount of free space remaining on the drive it was
>>>>>>> approx. 20 gigs less than before I did the backup! Why do I not see anything
>>>>>>> when I look in the WindowsImageBackup folder??? Any help is much appreciated
>>>> It is hidden, your backup is there, they are protected files.
>>>> If you went to Ultimate only for the disk imaging feature, you could
>>>> have bought Acronis & saved money....but the complete backup feature
>>>> does the job, I have never had a problem with it.
> You don't necessarily need a TPM for Bitlocker.
> As long as the machine can access a usb key at boot, you can
> authenticate by inserting a usb key for Bitlocker.

No problem, take a look at
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/tec...r/default.aspx
about halfway down the page see "Using BitLocker without a TPM".

Remember to download the Ultimate extra which allows you to partition
your drive for Bitlocker without loss of data.

IMO you should check to see you can read usb keys at boot in your BIOS,
if you can, then use the Bitlocker driver preperation tool to partition
the disk.

You can then go through the Bitlocker setup :-)





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