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IMPROVED WINDOWS BACKUP
Windows has had a backup program included with the operating system for
a long time, and generally it improved in useability with each new version
of Windows. But a lot of Windows users chose some third-party alternative
because of the limitations of Microsoft's product. Now, in Windows 7,
the average user may be fully satisfied with the built-in backup program.
It gives the user much more control of how backup operates, and yet it
doesn't make it too complicated for anybody to actually use.
When you for the first time go to Backup and Restore in the All Items view of Control Panel, you get this screen:
Since, as shown in the screen, Backup has not been configured yet, you next click on the button for Set up Backup.
The next screen gives you the opportunity to specify where you want to save the backup, and you can choose another internal or external hard drive, a CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive, and possibly a network location.
The next screen gives you the option of having Windows choose what data to backup ("recommended"), or making the choice yourself. If you decide to let Windows make a choice, then every user of the computer will get his or her files backed up, and you will also get a system image by default, so that the computer can be completely restored in case some catastrophic event leaves your computer unbootable.
If you want to specify your own choice, then this screen narrows down the choice still further:
- whether or not to include common user file types
- whether you want to choose specific drives or folders to include or
exclude
- whether or not to include system files.
