darkness @ 13:19:40
Unfortunately, this is where the feature-cleavers in Microsoft’s marketing department went crazy.
Even though the Home Basic and Home Premium versions of Vista are backing
up all files including user data files, users can’t access
the backups of their own data.
Want proof that the backups are there?
Use Microsoft’s Windows Anytime Upgrade feature to upgrade from Home to Ultimate.
When we did that, the Previous Versions tab appeared and revealed changes to
data files that were made before the upgrade occurred.
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There is perhaps one other option, suggested by my business partner Charlie “Knuckles” McGee:
Windows Vista Document Ransom Edition.
That would add just the Previous Versions feature, for a “minimal” fee.
After all, you have such nice-looking documents…it
would be a shame for anything to happen to them.
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I played with Vista Ultimate on a new laptop the other day, and the first thing I wanted to do was to back up a system image. Come to find out, the built-in “complete PC backup” won’t backup to a network drive. Very useful. After that, and reading the above article, I just don’t expect I’ll ever bother with Vista’s built-in backup features, unless they receive a heavy dose of features and configurability in a future service pack.
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