| Subject: Incremental backups = full hard disk drive (sooner or later) |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance |
| Date: 9/2/2008 4:50:01 PM |
| From: =?Utf-8?B?ZG91Z2xhc2w=?= [Email Address Protection] |
It seems to me that Vista's built-in backup supports only 1 model: a full backup the 1st time, and incremental backups forever thereafter. Since I back up to an external hard drive, this is eventually going to leave me no option but to delete all my backups and start over from scratch. 1. Am I missing something in Vista's built-in backup? 2. Acronis True Image Home seems to be the most recommended 3rd-party option. Any objections? Their Web site implies support only for 32-bit Vista (by mentioning 64-bit XP explicitly, but NOT 64-bit Vista). Does it support 64-bit? Thanks for your input! -Doug |
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| Subject: Re: Incremental backups = full hard disk drive (sooner or later) |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance |
| Date: 9/2/2008 6:18:11 PM |
| From: "Richard in AZ" [Email Address Protection] |
"douglasl" <douglasl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message = news:0FC8125B-3AFD-49B4-85CE-B77E22899CC6@microsoft.com... > It seems to me that Vista's built-in backup supports only 1 model: a = full=20 > backup the 1st time, and incremental backups forever thereafter. Since = I back=20 > up to an external hard drive, this is eventually going to leave me no = option=20 > but to delete all my backups and start over from scratch. >=20 > 1. Am I missing something in Vista's built-in backup? >=20 > 2. Acronis True Image Home seems to be the most recommended 3rd-party=20 > option. Any objections? Their Web site implies support only for 32-bit = Vista=20 > (by mentioning 64-bit XP explicitly, but NOT 64-bit Vista). Does it = support=20 > 64-bit? >=20 > Thanks for your input! -Doug > What was the backup technique you were expecting? Almost all backup software are designed for a full, followed by = incremental backups. that way you only backup the second, third, etc. the files that changed. Except for compressing the files to save space, I don't see your = problem. Maybe you did not explain it correctly. Remember, you really hope you never need your backup. |
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| Subject: Re: Incremental backups = full hard disk drive (sooner or later) |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance |
| Date: 9/2/2008 6:39:55 PM |
| From: Paul Montgomery [Email Address Protection] |
On Tue, 2 Sep 2008 16:50:01 -0700, douglasl <douglasl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote: >2. Acronis True Image Home seems to be the most recommended 3rd-party >option. Any objections? Their Web site implies support only for 32-bit Vista >(by mentioning 64-bit XP explicitly, but NOT 64-bit Vista). Does it support >64-bit? "Implies support only for 32-bit Vista"? The website says "Windows Vista" and no restrictions are listed - in my view that "implies" ALL editions of Vista. The user manual (available from the website) clearly states: 1.3.2 Supported operating systems � Windows� 2000 Professional SP 4 � Windows XP SP 2 � Windows XP Professional x64 Edition � Windows Vista (all editions) |
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| Subject: Re: Incremental backups = full hard disk drive (sooner or later) |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance |
| Date: 9/3/2008 4:13:11 AM |
| From: "Don" [Email Address Protection] |
"douglasl" <douglasl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0FC8125B-3AFD-49B4-85CE-B77E22899CC6@microsoft.com... > It seems to me that Vista's built-in backup supports only 1 model: a full > backup the 1st time, and incremental backups forever thereafter. Since I > back > up to an external hard drive, this is eventually going to leave me no > option > but to delete all my backups and start over from scratch. > > 1. Am I missing something in Vista's built-in backup? > > 2. Acronis True Image Home seems to be the most recommended 3rd-party > option. Any objections? Their Web site implies support only for 32-bit > Vista > (by mentioning 64-bit XP explicitly, but NOT 64-bit Vista). Does it > support > 64-bit? > > Thanks for your input! -Doug > It runs just fine, in 64 bit Vista for me. -- Don |
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| Subject: Re: Incremental backups = full hard disk drive (sooner or later) |
| Group: microsoft.public.windows.vista.performance_maintenance |
| Date: 9/6/2008 7:52:54 AM |
| From: "Peter" [Email Address Protection] |
If you want more control over your backup routines i recommend trying Cobian Backup http://www.educ.umu.se/~cobian/cobianbackup.htm "douglasl" <douglasl@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:0FC8125B-3AFD-49B4-85CE-B77E22899CC6@microsoft.com... > It seems to me that Vista's built-in backup supports only 1 model: a full > backup the 1st time, and incremental backups forever thereafter. Since I > back > up to an external hard drive, this is eventually going to leave me no > option > but to delete all my backups and start over from scratch. > > 1. Am I missing something in Vista's built-in backup? > > 2. Acronis True Image Home seems to be the most recommended 3rd-party > option. Any objections? Their Web site implies support only for 32-bit > Vista > (by mentioning 64-bit XP explicitly, but NOT 64-bit Vista). Does it > support > 64-bit? > > Thanks for your input! -Doug > |
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