I have recently purchased a laptop which comes with Vista Home Premium. Got
it all set up and went to backup but found the supplied backup utility seems
very limited. Is there a way to invoke a complete backup as I had on XP and
2000 or am I forced to use a third party backup utility?
Richard

"ferrymanr" <richardferryman@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> I have recently purchased a laptop which comes with Vista Home Premium.[/color]
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> it all set up and went to backup but found the supplied backup utility[/color]
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> very limited. Is there a way to invoke a complete backup as I had on XP[/color]
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> 2000 or am I forced to use a third party backup utility?
> Richard
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Best to use a 3rd part application such as Acronis

"ferrymanr" <richardferryman@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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>I have recently purchased a laptop which comes with Vista Home Premium.
>Got it all set up and went to backup but found the supplied backup utility
>seems very limited. Is there a way to invoke a complete backup as I had on
>XP and 2000 or am I forced to use a third party backup utility?
> Richard[/color]


For a proper backup solution, you should look to get an external USB drive
and a program like Acronis TrueImage OR a 'One Touch' backup solution where
the drive and software come as a package.

Anything else is a waste of time.

--
Mike Hall - MVP
[url]http://msmvps.com/blogs/mikehall/default.aspx[/url]

Home versions of Vista do not do a complete system backup.
Use Acronis or something like that.

"ferrymanr" wrote:
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> I have recently purchased a laptop which comes with Vista Home Premium. Got
> it all set up and went to backup but found the supplied backup utility seems
> very limited. Is there a way to invoke a complete backup as I had on XP and
> 2000 or am I forced to use a third party backup utility?
> Richard
>
>[/color]

Thanks to all for your replies. Acronis seems to be the answer.
Richard

"ferrymanr" <richardferryman@btinternet.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks to all for your replies. Acronis seems to be the answer.
> Richard[/color]

Best part is the free trial.
though I'm sure it will work fine...if it doesn't...at least you don't waste
any money