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| Guest | Vista Premium backup I tried the Vista Premium backup wizard but was unhappy with the result. My old backups on Xp gave exactly the same file structure and descriptions on the external hard drive back up as were on the original PC. On Vista this didn't happen and I couldn't understand the myriad files the backup offered. I deleted the lot and did a copy for safety and that looks fine, except that doing the next one seems to copy the whole disk again, not just files that are added or updated. How can I get a simple file back up that gives me a folder/file view on the external disk the same as on my PC -- newcomer |
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| Guest | Re: Vista Premium backup Yosemitegate wrote: Quote: > I tried the Vista Premium backup wizard but was unhappy with the result. My > old backups on Xp gave exactly the same file structure and descriptions on > the external hard drive back up as were on the original PC. On Vista this > didn't happen and I couldn't understand the myriad files the backup offered. > I deleted the lot and did a copy for safety and that looks fine, except that > doing the next one seems to copy the whole disk again, not just files that > are added or updated. > How can I get a simple file back up that gives me a folder/file view on the > external disk the same as on my PC http://www.acronis.com Second Copy does backups (no imaging) - http://www.centered.com Malke -- Elephant Boy Computers www.elephantboycomputers.com "Don't Panic!" MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User |
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| Guest | Re: Vista Premium backup Thanks Malke, I'll take a look at Acronis -- newcomer "Malke" wrote: Quote: > Yosemitegate wrote: Quote: > > I tried the Vista Premium backup wizard but was unhappy with the result. My > > old backups on Xp gave exactly the same file structure and descriptions on > > the external hard drive back up as were on the original PC. On Vista this > > didn't happen and I couldn't understand the myriad files the backup offered. > > I deleted the lot and did a copy for safety and that looks fine, except that > > doing the next one seems to copy the whole disk again, not just files that > > are added or updated. > > How can I get a simple file back up that gives me a folder/file view on the > > external disk the same as on my PC > Acronis True Image does imaging and incremental backups - > http://www.acronis.com > Second Copy does backups (no imaging) - http://www.centered.com > > > Malke > -- > Elephant Boy Computers > www.elephantboycomputers.com > "Don't Panic!" > MS-MVP Windows - Shell/User > |
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| Guest | Re: Vista Premium backup Yosemitegate - Premium only provides for file backup and not a complete PC backup as does, say, the Ultimate version. The files are backed up as Zip files and after the intial backup, by default subsequent backups are incremental. Backups can be performed on a schedule - keerp in mind that if your do not indicate or make a selection of which files to be backup - the utility on a subsequent scheduled backup will use the "default file type listing" which can result in a large backup. I use Complete PC Backup on several Vista computers, however I also use Acronis and per Malke's recommendation give it consideration - it provides great capability!!! "Yosemitegate" <Yosemitegate@xxxxxx> wrote in message news:8D5B4C06-D6EA-4440-AB46-4265DBC1376E@xxxxxx Quote: >I tried the Vista Premium backup wizard but was unhappy with the result. My > old backups on Xp gave exactly the same file structure and descriptions on > the external hard drive back up as were on the original PC. On Vista this > didn't happen and I couldn't understand the myriad files the backup > offered. > I deleted the lot and did a copy for safety and that looks fine, except > that > doing the next one seems to copy the whole disk again, not just files that > are added or updated. > How can I get a simple file back up that gives me a folder/file view on > the > external disk the same as on my PC > -- > newcomer |
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