Upgrade Vista Home Premium to Windows 7 ... and full backup

[Rich Raffenetti]

My subject on this posting may be misleading. I am actually looking for a
reliable full backup solution so that I can perform the upgrade with some
confidence that I won't lose everything.

Vista Home Premium (also Home Basic) does not include Complete PC Backup.
(It was a surprise to me too!) I need a full/complete backup solution.
Otherwise, the restore task is piecemeal... and very cumbersome to do and
contemplate.

Any suggestions are welcome.
Should I purchase backup software? Disk imaging software? Recommendations?
I purchased a sizeable disk drive and can connect it with usb.
Does the Windows 7 upgrade have any options to perform the needed backup?
Not likely I imagine.

Does Windows 7 Home Premium have the same defect of no Complete PC Backup or
equivalent Yeah, I think it's a bad defect! This must be the first OS
without a full backup solution! Or am I missing something?

 

[Leroy]

Use Windows Easy Transfer:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/products/features/windows-easy-transfer

Also,for expert Windows 7 installation advice, visit the new Windows 7
Forums: http://social.answers.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/category/windows7

 

[Rich Raffenetti]

Thanks. I'm sure easy transfer is a good thing. However, I prefer to do an
upgrade. I do not want to reinstall products or do any other piecemeal
backups or restores.

In any case I want to do a full backup of my Windows Vista Home Premium
system disk prior to any other risky operations.

 

[meerkat]

Thanks. I'm sure easy transfer is a good thing. However, I prefer to do
an upgrade. I do not want to reinstall products or do any other piecemeal
backups or restores.

In any case I want to do a full backup of my Windows Vista Home Premium
system disk prior to any other risky operations.

Hi Rich, your best bet is to get Acronis True image,
and do a complete image of your drive.
(when you`ve installed Acronis, run it first, and make the recovery CD).

You should verify the image you create, then you`re ready for anything.

bw..and a happy new year to you.

 

[Louis Rost]

Hi Rich, your best bet is to get Acronis True image,
and do a complete image of your drive.
(when you`ve installed Acronis, run it first, and make the recovery CD).

You should verify the image you create, then you`re ready for anything.

bw..and a happy new year to you.

I would suggest using Norton Ghost instead of Acronis Trueimage.

I've use Acronis version 10, 11 and recently installed version 2010.
Version 10 and 11 has problems with validation. Version 2010 full
system backup is much more clumsy than 10 and 11. The product does
perform a full backup and full restore but it is user Unfriendly and
will require most users do some manual operations rather than simply
configure and forget about it.

I've used Norton Ghost version 10, 12, and 14. In every case it can
be easily configured to perform desired backups with validation on a
scheduled basis and does not require any manual intervention on the
user's part.

The backup and recover operations in both products are reliable.
Norton Ghost is easier to configure and once configured it truly
becomes hands free.

Lou