Vista Backup - Indiviudal File

[Brent Dooley]

Ok I need to backup one database file daily, but I don't see that ability
with vista. Its either the whole pc or select types of files.

XP had this ability so what genius at microsoft thought this function wasn't
needed??????

 

[Michael Yardley]

Ok I need to backup one database file daily, but I don't see that ability
with vista. Its either the whole pc or select types of files.

XP had this ability so what genius at microsoft thought this function wasn't
needed??????

http://www.microsoft.com/windows/products/windowsvista/features/details/backup.mspx

 

[Charlie Tame]

Ok I need to backup one database file daily, but I don't see that
ability with vista. Its either the whole pc or select types of files.

XP had this ability so what genius at microsoft thought this function
wasn't needed??????

I believe you could do this reliably with Acronis True Image, and you'd
have reliable whole system backups too instead of relying on the MS tool
which I don't trust, If only one file I guess you could use Task
Scheduler, which would be a lot better than nothing at all... errm it's
under accessories/system tools fro the programs menu.

 

[Jabez Gan [MVP]]

Hey Brent,

If you are only going to backup one file, create a scheduled task to back it
up for you.

 

[Richard Urban]

I use this. It works great. Create a job for each file or folder you want to
back up and place it on a schedule.
http://www.karenware.com/powertools/ptreplicator.asp

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Richard Urban
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[Dave]

Copy or Xcopy or Robocopy
put the command in a batch file
schedule the batch file to run every day.

 

[Dave]

and I forgot...probably the easiest one...
SyncToy

 

[John Hanley]

For single or a few files, I use Synctoy: http://tinyurl.com/7dlru

 

[Brent Dooley]

Synctop doesn't let me schedule backups.

Why did microsoft screw up something good? XP backup worked great, Vista
back sucks. In XP I could just backup my local profile, 15 GB. Now in Vista
I have to back up types of files, so now my backup is 40 GB.

Anyone out there beta testing Vista SP1? interested to see if this is fixed
in SP1.

 

[Dave]

It's easy to schedule SyncToy..
http://www.solo-technology.com/blog...toy-to-make-a-nightly-mirror-of-my-documents/