Vista ackup utility

Does anyone know why Vista's backup utility does not backup these files? If you choose Backup files and the project files are not located in the personal folder, e. My Documents, it might not be included in the backup. You may still be able to manually locate the location of your project file in Visual Studio. However, as a regular backup strategy the imaging style backup that the "Complete PC Backup" offers is a bit inefficient. There was only ever one location that my data was backed up to.

Likewise following the restore of "everything into the original locations" I did a search for all files with extensions. I probably had about 1GB of web projects, examples and tutorials that I had collated over the last year or so. Not one. I thought originally it was the restore that had failed, but a little digging around on the net showed that the improved category based backup facility of vista see's. To install it back, you can reference these steps: Copy the following files from a Windows XP computer: Ntbackup.

If you are prompted for an administrator password or confirmation, type the password or provide confirmation. Now, create a shortcut for Ntbackup. Click on that shortcut or directly on the Ntbackup. Sunday, May 20, PM. Isn't it a sad that we have to retrofit the wonderful Vista with utilities from XP in order to make it as useable as the product that preceded it!!

I guess there is no shame in microsoft! Saturday, July 19, AM. I don't know about shame, but no common sense, that's for sure. The backup tool included in Vista Business " provides a comprehensive backup experience" sales pitch , but apparently not comprehensive enough to set it not to backup all the image files in the Program Files folder, or to backup all the files in the User folder, even those which might not look like documents, but could be way more important for some users.

This missing feature of the "duh"-category makes this otherwise loveable utility useless. I love the background backup, scheduling, and optical media features nonetheless. SyncBreeze Pro is a powerful, easy-to-use and fast file synchronization utility. Microsoft Windows is a registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. Microsoft Corporation in no way endorses or is affiliated with Best Vista Downloads. Advanced Search.

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