Backup without floppies

I decided to try the backup within Vista and was more than amazed to have
it--Vista's backup program--insist that I have a floppy drive!! Surely I
missed something in the startup of the backup as this NEW OS must be aware
that computers haven't had floppies for quite a while now...I, for example,
am on my third system which DOES NOT have a floppy.

So, my question is, is there a methodology for making a complete backup
within Vista using either my dvd burner or one of my external (preferred)
hard drives?

If not, can and will anyone recommend a good backup program as an
alternative?

Thanks,
Tim

Tim,

My system (vista Home Premium Dell XPS410 tower) backs up just fine to
DVD+RW.

Again, on my system, the backup offers ("where do you want to save your
backup?") On a hard disk, CD, or DVD, doesn't offer floppy (I actually do
have a floppy on mine, only useful for making a password recover disc).
Also has a selection for over a network.

In the drop down list it offers 'DVD RW Drive (D and XD Memory (G
(which is a usb card reader).

Even though you don't have a Floppy Drive installed your BIOS may still have
it 'enabled' so it might show up that way.

Michael


"TS Mathews" <> wrote in message
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> I decided to try the backup within Vista and was more than amazed to have
> it--Vista's backup program--insist that I have a floppy drive!! Surely I
> missed something in the startup of the backup as this NEW OS must be aware
> that computers haven't had floppies for quite a while now...I, for
> example, am on my third system which DOES NOT have a floppy.
>
> So, my question is, is there a methodology for making a complete backup
> within Vista using either my dvd burner or one of my external (preferred)
> hard drives?
>
> If not, can and will anyone recommend a good backup program as an
> alternative?
>
> Thanks,
> Tim
>

TS Mathews;507415 Wrote:
> If not, can and will anyone recommend a good backup program as an
> alternative?
>
> Thanks,
> Tim

The Backup program included is a vast improvement over that provided by
previous versions of Windows (if any).

Acronis TruImage Home is a very good alternative, as it creates
"images" of your entire hard disk, and you can customize the backups it
creates to suite your needs.

Restoring from backup is a real no brainer. And best of all, it allows
you to "mount" a previously created backup image as a virtual hard disk,
so that you can copy files from the backup to a different location
without having to first restore the entire hard disk.

Get it here:

'Backup software for data backup and disaster recovery in Windows and
Linux - Acronis' (http://www.acronis.com/)


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I think this - 'Data backup software. Novosoft Office Backup - data
backup and restore.' (http://www.office-backup.com) - could help. I'm an
old user of it. I've never used it within Vista.. but it is written that
it works.


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