It proved impossible to use whatever had been created by Acronis.įourth – You didn’t mention it but this capability was not in Windows 8 (or 8.1) and only File History was built-in. I had that happen with a client whose “IT guy” had set up Acronis years ago and long since left for another city. Or what technology – remember QIC tape backup? I realize this is somewhat unreasonable but I’ve been able to trust the Microsoft backup ever since Windows 7 while never knowing what company will still be in business when the time comes to restore from an image. Third – I’ve been burned so many times over the years by 3rd party backup programs that I simply do not trust any of them. I’ve done this on a system where the last image backup was over a year old and only had to reinstall one piece of software done since that backup. Once booted into the system as of that IMAGE, the latest FILE backup will bring the system up to the state of that last backup. The technique is to restore the latest IMAGE (by booting an installation thumb drive and, rather than installing, navigating to the repair my system. Second – more than once I have successful recovered systems where the HDD (or SDD) failed. The “Let Me Choose” option is where you turn off image creation and can add other folders. For instance, QuickBooks for years kept files in C:\QBDATA. *FILE backup needs to be sure to include any files kept in places other than the standard \Users\\ locations. Yeah, a pain to get working the first time but a solid solution after that. It was run with the Task Scheduler and would rename the previous IMAGE, then create a new one. For critical system (such as my late wife’s CPA practice), I set up weekly image backups with a cmd SCRIPT. For most clients (and some of my systems) this can be as seldom as once a year – run manually. *PERIODIC – depends on how often new software is installed. MY MAIN POINT –> There is a way to use this that has worked well both in my office and for clients: (1) PERIODIC* IMAGE backups and (2) DAILY FILE* backups that do not create a new image. While it’s true that the IMAGE backup has no incremental or differential mode, that’s what FILE backup does (albeit for data and not for new program installations). You are much better at being succinct!įirst – Your discussion (no doubt intentionally) does not mention there are IMAGE and FILE backup elements to “Backup and Restore (Windows 7)” and they can be used separately. Leo: I like a lot of your advice and how you choose to word it but, on this one, I *somewhat* beg to differ! Given the many alternatives that have none of these limitations, there’s really no reason to use Windows 7 Backup and Restore.
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