Vista: Backup & Restore

[MetalMaster]

Hello,

I am excited about the new Vista OS. The one thing that I'm concerned about
is Backing up my hard drive. I have seen many occasions where my PC has
become unstable in the past and I am forced to restore a "Ghost Image".
Unfortunately, I see the latest version of Norton Ghost does not support
Vista. With that said, I see Vista has its own built in Backup and Restore
method. I read the tutorial on how to create a "image", but how do I restore
an "image?" Especially if the boot drive is corrupt. Usually, I stick in the
Ghost boot disk and then restore backup, but what about Vista? Am I supposed
to boot off the DVD? Is there a F-Key function for this?

Please provide details.

 

[Tom Porterfield]

I am excited about the new Vista OS. The one thing that I'm concerned
about is Backing up my hard drive. I have seen many occasions where my PC
has become unstable in the past and I am forced to restore a "Ghost
Image". Unfortunately, I see the latest version of Norton Ghost does not
support Vista. With that said, I see Vista has its own built in Backup
and Restore method. I read the tutorial on how to create a "image", but
how do I restore an "image?" Especially if the boot drive is corrupt.
Usually, I stick in the Ghost boot disk and then restore backup, but what
about Vista? Am I supposed to boot off the DVD? Is there a F-Key function
for this?
Please provide details.

Boot of the Vista DVD. One of the options you will be presented with is
Repair your Computer. Select that and click Next. On the System Recovery
Options select Windows Complete PC Restore. This will take you through the
process of restoring your PC from the image file. It's pretty
straightforward.

I would recommend anyone running a versio of Vista that supports image
backup to create an image as soon as the PC is configured the way you like
it.

 

[churin]

Boot off the dvd and then select restore. You'll be given a bunch of
options. It saved me a couple times already.

Allow me to ask a related question.
Recently I attempted to restore WVTx86 system but a display said there
is no restore point. I thought restore point is automatically created
by the system. Isn't this true? Do I need to set something to have it
created automatically?

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

Unless you keep the image files offline after making them.

 

[Colin Barnhorst]

What is your computer and operating system(s) configuration?

 

[churin]

I do not understand your question but my computer is IBM compatible
computer and the operating system is Windows Vista x86 RTM installed as
Ultimate version.

 

[Guest]

Hi,

Quick follow up question...

If you boot off of the Vista Disk, do the repair and restore... will it also
restore the fact that Windows was already activated or will you need to
activate again once the restore is completed?

Thanks much for your help!

Walt

 

[Jane C]

If your Vista was activated before you made the complete backup, then that
activation will be preserved.

 

[Guest]

I know about the dual boot problem and get around this using bit locker...
here is my issue I want to backup ONLY my Vista drive but cannot deselect my
XP drive.

Any ideas?

Jeff

 

[Jane C]

In Disk Management, is your XP drive labelled as System? Is the Vista
bootloader on the XP drive? Complete PC Backup and Restore has to back up
the System volume, as well as the volume that has the operating system
installed.

 

[Guest]

Jane C,

I guess that is it. My XP is installed on C:\ and my Vista on D:\

Tnx for your help.

Jeff

 

[Guest]

I do not understand your question but my computer is IBM compatible
computer and the operating system is Windows Vista x86 RTM installed as
Ultimate version.

 

[Guest]

I do not understand your question but my computer is IBM compatible
computer and the operating system is Windows Vista x86 RTM installed as
Ultimate version.


Hey. new to this group...just bought a new drive to restore to. Initially installed Xp, then upgraded to Vista...will the Vist CD get me to this point to do a total restore