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Originally Posted by fairfield Is there a utility to add Complete PC Backup and Restore to Vista Home Premium? If not, what do you all recommend? Thanks |
Hi, fairfield, welcome.
I'm sure other folks will recommend Ghost.
If you're worried only about an issue with Vista--
I myself use:
1. multi-hard drives & partitions
2. on first, separate, & smaller partition lies Vista BUT with most components migrated out:
there will be a separate partition with all pagefile/*temp/tmp/*cache folders, another one with all data/*doc*/*user*/user name/*download*/ folders, along with windows subfolder-- INF & backups of the two subfolders downloaded* & the two regist*. Another partition will contain all Program* folders.
Note that you have to tell windows: either within its settings or w/ various tweak apps about the new locations-- both pre-move & post reinstall.
3. I burn vista install disc to both- a separate partition on a hard drive & another disc.
To both i will apply vLite.
4. Automate periodic & 'separate' backups of--
one of entire windows folder & the root drive(no folders)
& another one of windows two system subfolders only.
In case of issues i would progressively replace system folders, then windows & root, then reinstall from updated & vlited installation copy.
A further benefit of multi-drives is the system will run a bit faster.
I personally dislike wasting time and/or resources w/ total backups-- and worry that tunless a backup is from a few minutes ago, i will lose significant data / work.
But Ghost does receive universal acclaim.
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