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Old 02-06-2007, 03:00 PM
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Vista Home Premium Backup Sucks

How in the world can backup software not allow the user to choose the files
they wish to back up?

Please tell me I'm doing something wrong - I - not you Microsoft or the
computer - but I want to choose my backup files - how do you do this with
Vista???????????
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Old 02-06-2007, 06:50 PM
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Re: Vista Home Premium Backup Sucks

Hi,

It's a basic backup program. With it you can either create a full system
image backup or the general data backup (and you can choose the file
categories, but not specific files). If you want more functionality than
that, you will need to get a third pary backup program. It's pretty much
been that way with most Windows-supplied backup programs.

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Best of Luck,

Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
Windows help - www.rickrogers.org

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> How in the world can backup software not allow the user to choose the
> files
> they wish to back up?
>
> Please tell me I'm doing something wrong - I - not you Microsoft or the
> computer - but I want to choose my backup files - how do you do this with
> Vista???????????


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Old 02-06-2007, 06:52 PM
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RE: Vista Home Premium Backup Sucks

Vista backup seems to have traded some granularity for simplicity.

Power users will want more control so they wil still purchase and use third
party backup apps.

However, Vista backup as it is now looks like something that will get the
job done precisely because it won't scare away the "civilians."

"Two Dogs" wrote:

> How in the world can backup software not allow the user to choose the files
> they wish to back up?
>
> Please tell me I'm doing something wrong - I - not you Microsoft or the
> computer - but I want to choose my backup files - how do you do this with
> Vista???????????

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Old 02-07-2007, 11:15 AM
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Re: Vista Home Premium Backup Sucks

I had a backup program which Vista made me remove from my system before it
would install. Now I have to suffer with this Vista pseudo-backup - no
compression, no ability to choose files. I have to sit there for hours
putting in new disks because it has to back up everything. Microsoft's
marketing machine is out of touch with reality - how dare they say they are
offering something that forces people to lose functionality they depend on.

**** Microsoft

"Rick Rogers" wrote:

> Hi,
>
> It's a basic backup program. With it you can either create a full system
> image backup or the general data backup (and you can choose the file
> categories, but not specific files). If you want more functionality than
> that, you will need to get a third pary backup program. It's pretty much
> been that way with most Windows-supplied backup programs.
>
> --
> Best of Luck,
>
> Rick Rogers, aka "Nutcase" - Microsoft MVP
> http://mvp.support.microsoft.com/
> Windows help - www.rickrogers.org
>
> "Two Dogs" <Two Dogs@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:20BAD0B0-E948-4A3A-8424-3C85630C1747@microsoft.com...
> > How in the world can backup software not allow the user to choose the
> > files
> > they wish to back up?
> >
> > Please tell me I'm doing something wrong - I - not you Microsoft or the
> > computer - but I want to choose my backup files - how do you do this with
> > Vista???????????

>
>

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