Backup utility

[operaflute]

Is there a way to select individual folders for backup in the Vista Home
Premium Utility? I'll use a 3rd party program for the real deal, but when I
had XP I set up a nice batch file to quickly back up a couple of key
folders...
Thanks!

 

[Fred]

Is there a way to select individual folders for backup in the Vista Home
Premium Utility? I'll use a 3rd party program for the real deal,

Get the right third-party utility and it will do that for you.

Acronis True Image comes to mind. Cheap at newegg.com and you don't
need the latest version.

 

[operaflute]

Yes, I'm planning on getting TI (since Norton Ghost 2003 won't work on my
new Vista Machine.) But I had a nice 1 click desktop batch file in XP to
copy a few small folders to my thumbdrive, (email, banking) rather than
running Norton et. al. that was very convenient. I'd love to be able to do
that in Vista.

 

[Andre Da Costa]

Unfortunately no, you will have to do this manually or use a third party
utility that supports such options. The Backup Status and Configuration tool
will only allow us to select what GENERAL file type we want to backup, not
its location.

Try installing NT Backup on Vista:
http://www.petri.co.il/installing_windows_xp_ntbackup_on_windows_vista.htm

 

[operaflute]

Thanks! I'll hold off until I'm finished setting up and feeling like things
are stable. I just ran into this
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...e2-8b69-4c65-afa3-2a53107d54a7&DisplayLang=en
What the heck is "removable storage manager" in layman's terms? (Necessary
to enable it before your little trick works.)