Vista backup question

[diabloplayer75]

I know their is a way to backup your computer so that you can roll back to the last time it was working at top performance, but i cant remember how to do it or how to do it with vista specifically. Does anybody know? or recommend doing it?

[screwballl]

System Restore?
There are a few backup programs out there like Norton Ghost, Acronis TrueImage, Microsoft SyncToy.... just depends on what you are looking for

[diabloplayer75]

Originally Posted by screwballl

System Restore?
There are a few backup programs out there like Norton Ghost, Acronis TrueImage, Microsoft SyncToy.... just depends on what you are looking for

i have never used any of them, just a buddy of mine was telling me its basically like reformatting your computer if anything goes wrong, just system restore it instead of format

[screwballl]

if it is built in then it is system restore... Start -> Programs -> Accessories -> System Tools -> System Restore.
Follow the information, it is very easy

[diabloplayer75]

is it effective? :)

[Redleg]

Originally Posted by diabloplayer75

is it effective? :)

Yes. I've had to use restore a few times on my Vista machine, before it finally died of a windoze disease. Not sure what made it die, but it had nothing to do with Restore. That does work nicely.

[stinger608]

Originally Posted by Redleg

Yes. I've had to use restore a few times on my Vista machine, before it finally died of a windoze disease. Not sure what made it die, but it had nothing to do with Restore. That does work nicely.

Redleg!!!!! About time you show back up man!!!! Happy belated birthday man

[Redleg]

Thanks Stinger, I'm working again, but it's on the other side of the State, so I'm only here weekends, for now.

[Stormcrow]

Vista has a built in backup utility that ghosts your hard drive contents to another hard drive just like GHOST and Acronis. Its in Control Panel -> Backup and Restore Center -> Complete PC backup. You need a spare HDD of equal size or larger for it to ghost the drive, but in the end it will be able to completely restore the installation from the backup copy image to fix problems System Restore can't.

[diabloplayer75]

Originally Posted by Stormcrow

Vista has a built in backup utility that ghosts your hard drive contents to another hard drive just like GHOST and Acronis. Its in Control Panel -> Backup and Restore Center -> Complete PC backup. You need a spare HDD of equal size or larger for it to ghost the drive, but in the end it will be able to completely restore the installation from the backup copy image to fix problems System Restore can't.

aww man i came to do it and it basically said it is not included with windows home premium.

cant i trade some of the other programs i don't want for it?! lol