Guest Neil Jones Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 On Vista Ultimate, I do complete system backups frequently. How do I find out the list of backups on the backup drive? Thank you in advance. NJ Quote
Guest Gordon Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 "Neil Jones" <castellan2004-nschap@remove-this.yahoo.com> wrote in message news:%23yCSx78dJHA.5428@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue"> > On Vista Ultimate, I do complete system backups frequently. How do I > find out the list of backups on the backup drive? > > Thank you in advance. > > NJ</span> This might be a silly question - you have opened the drive in Windows Explorer to see what's there? -- Asking a question? Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, your OS, Service Pack level and the FULL contents of any error message(s) Quote
Guest Mark H Posted January 16, 2009 Posted January 16, 2009 Complete PC Backup takes an image of your hard drive/partition the very first time you use it. When you next create a backup, Complete PC Backup only does an incremental backup, in other words, it only backs up files that have changed since your initial backup image was created. Your next backup does the same, and so does the backup after that. You are not going to get multiple full backup files. You will only get one backup file and cannot access individual files within this backup. Because only incremental backups are performed, if you want to create a full backup again, you simply delete the current backup files and then create a new one afresh. Restore function will show the latest "increment." Backup function will show the date of the original image creation. There is a method to force full backups each time, but this requires setting a checkbox (only available in the scheduling function of backups) and then using a command line to perform the backups. Not very convenient and quickly fills any hard drive. Many recommend Acronis True Image as an alternative to gain control over the individual file retrieval, but this does not reduce the HDD use if multiple images are being made. An alternative, since you are using Vista Ultimate, is to learn how to restore shadow copies. http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-v...hadow-copy.aspx But this will not help you if the HDD becomes corrupted. Not sure if backup restoration also restores the shadow copies making them available to restore prior versions of files. "Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote in message news:ejkmnM9dJHA.1132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue"> > "Neil Jones" <castellan2004-nschap@remove-this.yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:%23yCSx78dJHA.5428@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<span style="color:green"> > > On Vista Ultimate, I do complete system backups frequently. How do I > > find out the list of backups on the backup drive? > > > > Thank you in advance. > > > > NJ</span> > > > This might be a silly question - you have opened the drive in Windows > Explorer to see what's there? > > -- > Asking a question? > Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, > your OS, Service Pack level > and the FULL contents of any error message(s) ></span> Quote
Guest Bill Sanderson Posted January 17, 2009 Posted January 17, 2009 The best restore for Vista or XP or Windows 7, or even a Mac, is a Windows Home Server. (For the Mac, you need to buy HP's version thereof, and the very latest edition of that) Full backups every night, with the ability to restore or look at any individual file. The system writes like data only once so only changed data is written after the first backup, and this scheme holds across all machines--I.e. large swaths of Windows files will only be on the WHS once, even with multiple Windows machines. Bootable CD to restore from bare metal in about 40 minutes or so on older hardware. (HP's newest version has software that makes it Time Machine compatible.) "Mark H" <jmhonzell@nospam.comcast.net> wrote in message news:OnysCr9dJHA.1916@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<span style="color:blue"> > Complete PC Backup takes an image of your hard drive/partition the very > first time you use it. > > When you next create a backup, Complete PC Backup only does an incremental > backup, in other words, it only backs up files that have changed since > your > initial backup image was created. Your next backup does the same, and so > does the backup after that. You are not going to get multiple full backup > files. You will only get one backup file and cannot access individual > files > within this backup. > > Because only incremental backups are performed, if you want to create a > full > backup again, you simply delete the current backup files and then create a > new one afresh. > > Restore function will show the latest "increment." Backup function will > show > the date of the original image creation. > > There is a method to force full backups each time, but this requires > setting > a checkbox (only available in the scheduling function of backups) and then > using a command line to perform the backups. Not very convenient and > quickly > fills any hard drive. > > Many recommend Acronis True Image as an alternative to gain control over > the > individual file retrieval, but this does not reduce the HDD use if > multiple > images are being made. An alternative, since you are using Vista Ultimate, > is to learn how to restore shadow copies. > http://www.microsoft.com/windows/windows-v...hadow-copy.aspx > But this will not help you if the HDD becomes corrupted. Not sure if > backup > restoration also restores the shadow copies making them available to > restore > prior versions of files. > > "Gordon" <gordonbparker@yahoo.com.invalid> wrote in message > news:ejkmnM9dJHA.1132@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...<span style="color:green"> >> "Neil Jones" <castellan2004-nschap@remove-this.yahoo.com> wrote in >> message >> news:%23yCSx78dJHA.5428@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...<span style="color:darkred"> >> > On Vista Ultimate, I do complete system backups frequently. How do I >> > find out the list of backups on the backup drive? >> > >> > Thank you in advance. >> > >> > NJ</span> >> >> >> This might be a silly question - you have opened the drive in Windows >> Explorer to see what's there? >> >> -- >> Asking a question? >> Please tell us the version of the application you are asking about, >> your OS, Service Pack level >> and the FULL contents of any error message(s) >></span> > ></span> -- Quote
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