Back Up Query

Ok guys silly question but I am running Vista Home Premium on a 300gig hard
drive and would like to know can I back up Vista to an external hard drive
so incase of a belly up in the future I can recover my OS and all my
programs and stuff. I am also looking at backing it up every couple of
weeks will I be able to do that. Sorry to ask new to all this stuff.

Dave

As long as the external drive is in NTFS format it's no problem. In the
Backup and Restore Center you can set automatic backups to daily, weekly or
monthly.

Also make sure System Restore is activated.


"Dragon" <> wrote in message
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> Ok guys silly question but I am running Vista Home Premium on a 300gig
> hard drive and would like to know can I back up Vista to an external hard
> drive so incase of a belly up in the future I can recover my OS and all my
> programs and stuff. I am also looking at backing it up every couple of
> weeks will I be able to do that. Sorry to ask new to all this stuff.
>
> Dave
>

does this make a backup of the whole OS or just my files as I prefer to make
a backup of the whole OS so if I loose the drive I can restore the whole
system

"Bob" <> wrote in message
news:MM6dnbYgxbPZ4T_anZ2dnUVZ_g-...
> As long as the external drive is in NTFS format it's no problem. In the
> Backup and Restore Center you can set automatic backups to daily, weekly
> or monthly.
>
> Also make sure System Restore is activated.
>
>
> "Dragon" <> wrote in message
> news:eb%...
>> Ok guys silly question but I am running Vista Home Premium on a 300gig
>> hard drive and would like to know can I back up Vista to an external hard
>> drive so incase of a belly up in the future I can recover my OS and all
>> my programs and stuff. I am also looking at backing it up every couple
>> of weeks will I be able to do that. Sorry to ask new to all this stuff.
>>
>> Dave
>>
>

Windows Complete PC Backup and Restore is included with Windows Vista
Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, and Windows Vista Ultimate not Home
Premium.

You should go through the process of creating recovery discs.



"Dragon" <> wrote in message
news:...
> does this make a backup of the whole OS or just my files as I prefer to
> make a backup of the whole OS so if I loose the drive I can restore the
> whole system
>
> "Bob" <> wrote in message
> news:MM6dnbYgxbPZ4T_anZ2dnUVZ_g-...
>> As long as the external drive is in NTFS format it's no problem. In the
>> Backup and Restore Center you can set automatic backups to daily, weekly
>> or monthly.
>>
>> Also make sure System Restore is activated.
>>
>>
>> "Dragon" <> wrote in message
>> news:eb%...
>>> Ok guys silly question but I am running Vista Home Premium on a 300gig
>>> hard drive and would like to know can I back up Vista to an external
>>> hard drive so incase of a belly up in the future I can recover my OS and
>>> all my programs and stuff. I am also looking at backing it up every
>>> couple of weeks will I be able to do that. Sorry to ask new to all this
>>> stuff.
>>>
>>> Dave
>>>
>>
>

I see any advise on how to do that

cheers

"Bob" <> wrote in message
news:. ..
> Windows Complete PC Backup and Restore is included with Windows Vista
> Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, and Windows Vista Ultimate not Home
> Premium.
>
> You should go through the process of creating recovery discs.
>
>
>
> "Dragon" <> wrote in message
> news:...
>> does this make a backup of the whole OS or just my files as I prefer to
>> make a backup of the whole OS so if I loose the drive I can restore the
>> whole system
>>
>> "Bob" <> wrote in message
>> news:MM6dnbYgxbPZ4T_anZ2dnUVZ_g-...
>>> As long as the external drive is in NTFS format it's no problem. In the
>>> Backup and Restore Center you can set automatic backups to daily, weekly
>>> or monthly.
>>>
>>> Also make sure System Restore is activated.
>>>
>>>
>>> "Dragon" <> wrote in message
>>> news:eb%...
>>>> Ok guys silly question but I am running Vista Home Premium on a 300gig
>>>> hard drive and would like to know can I back up Vista to an external
>>>> hard drive so incase of a belly up in the future I can recover my OS
>>>> and all my programs and stuff. I am also looking at backing it up
>>>> every couple of weeks will I be able to do that. Sorry to ask new to
>>>> all this stuff.
>>>>
>>>> Dave
>>>>
>>>
>>
>

It's probably at Programs>PC Help and Tools>Recovery Disc Creation.
If not check the documentation that came with your PC.
Read this too, even if you don't have an HP PC!
http://www.wikihow.com/Create-Recove...covery-Manager


"Dragon" <> wrote in message
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>I see any advise on how to do that
>
> cheers
>
> "Bob" <> wrote in message
> news:. ..
>> Windows Complete PC Backup and Restore is included with Windows Vista
>> Business, Windows Vista Enterprise, and Windows Vista Ultimate not Home
>> Premium.
>>
>> You should go through the process of creating recovery discs.
>>
>>
>>
>> "Dragon" <> wrote in message
>> news:...
>>> does this make a backup of the whole OS or just my files as I prefer to
>>> make a backup of the whole OS so if I loose the drive I can restore the
>>> whole system
>>>
>>> "Bob" <> wrote in message
>>> news:MM6dnbYgxbPZ4T_anZ2dnUVZ_g-...
>>>> As long as the external drive is in NTFS format it's no problem. In the
>>>> Backup and Restore Center you can set automatic backups to daily,
>>>> weekly or monthly.
>>>>
>>>> Also make sure System Restore is activated.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> "Dragon" <> wrote in message
>>>> news:eb%...
>>>>> Ok guys silly question but I am running Vista Home Premium on a 300gig
>>>>> hard drive and would like to know can I back up Vista to an external
>>>>> hard drive so incase of a belly up in the future I can recover my OS
>>>>> and all my programs and stuff. I am also looking at backing it up
>>>>> every couple of weeks will I be able to do that. Sorry to ask new to
>>>>> all this stuff.
>>>>>
>>>>> Dave
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>
>