Backing up all your data is an essential thing to the PC world today. Now being even more threatened by such things as hackers, viruses, malware, and all of that crap, there has never been a better time to start backing up frequently.
One time which is probably most recommended to back up though, is when you decide to go playing around with your partitions, installing new operating systems, or somehow you may mess up just trying to shrink your partition.
Vista provides a tool just for that!
So Vista isn't all bad now then, is it? Still, this won't stop it from being slow or having any of the other annoyances it has but still deserves I suppose a little more credit than it gets.
Following this tutorial I wrote out earlier today will give you a nice, good looking backup image of your Vista PC.
To start the backup image, proceed as follows:
1: Click the Start button
2/ From the Start Menu, Click All Programs > Accessories > System Tools
3: On the System Tools menu, Click the Backup Status and Configuration option
4: In the backup Window, Click the Complete PC Backup option
5: In the Complete PC Backup window, Click the Create Backup Now option
6: User Account Control (UAC) asks for permission to continue. If you are the administrator, Click the Continue button. If you are not the administrator you will be required to supply the relevant authority before being able to continue.
7: Vista will now search for operating systems on your PC
8: After Vista has located the operating system details the 'Where do you want to save the backup' window appears
9: Select either the Hard drive or DVD option. Please ensure you have enough free disk space or the required quantity of DVDs before proceeding
10: Click the Next button
11: The next screen asks "Which disk do you want to include". You should note that, if you are using a dual boot system - for instance, Windows XP and Vista, both the XP and Vista drives will be marked up for backup, and that these options cannot be changed by the user. If XP is on the first partition, Windows Vista will store its bootloader files there, hence the need to backup both partitions/drives
12: The Vista drive will already be selected. If you have other partitions/drives you wish to include in the backup now is the time to select them
13: Once you have selected the partition/drive you wish to include in the backup, press the Next button
14: In the Confirm your backup settings window, Check that everything you want to backup is listed in 'The following disk will be backed up' dialogue box, and then Press the Start Backup button
15: Windows will now prepare to Create a Backup
16: If you are using DVDs, you will now be asked to Insert a blank disk larger than 1GB into your DVD drive
17: Insert the DVD
18: The DVD will now be formatted. After formatting Windows will start to backup your PC's data
19: If you are backing up to a separate hard drive or partition the backup process will start from the second you click the Start Backup Button
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