vista backup

[Mark]

Running Vista Home 64 going to upgrade to 7 professional. I understand that
I will have to reinstall everything. My question is if I am using the vista
backup and restore once I have completed the 7 install will I be able to
restore my files with 7 even though it was originally backup up with vista
or do I need to manually copy all my files onto an external drive instead of
relying on the vista backup?

thanks

 

[Leroy]

Please see:

Step-by-Step: Windows 7 Upgrade and Migration
http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/dd446674(WS.10).aspx

 

[Mark]

okay thanks but willl windows 7 recognize a backup that was made from vista?

 

[Leroy]

Q. "Will windows 7 recognize a backup that was made from vista?"

A. Yes it will.

 

[Gene E. Bloch]

I don't know the answer (although there are posters here who do, I'm sure).
I suggest instead this workaround:

Download and install EASEUS Disk Copy\
http://www.easeus.com/disk-copy/

It's free, although other items on the site aren't. They also have
something called Todo Backup which might serve your needs (right now, I
have no idea what the difference is).

You would burn the ISO file to a CD as an image, not a file, boot from it,
and copy your whole disk to a same-size partition on an external drive. Now
everything is there and in the regular disk format.

I believe that any encrypted files or folders should be unencrypted before
backing up this way.