Backups

lostsoul62

lostsoul62

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I bought a 3rd party backup for my C drive and to find out I can use "Control Panel" Backup and restore (Windows 7) So my question is why they sell and why do we buy a 3rd party backup when Windows will do it for you. Is there a difference?
 
It's a way for a company to make money. Windows backup is probably limited in what it can do. A paid program is most likely customizable for many options.
 
Well my next question is, I want to back up the entire C drive into an image and be able to restore it. That is the only backup I use so then would there be a difference in backups? I haven't backup using the control panel and that's what I'm wondering about.
 
I went into the control panel and was going to do an image backup but it would not tell in what folder. I tried a file backup and I could not find it. So if I don't know where the backup is at then maybe I need to use a 3rd party backup?
 
I use Windows 7 Backup on all my Laptops and Desktops to create System ImageBackups - When you select Create System Image it will search for a Destination Drive and present the most likely one for you to select before it asks which Drives you want to include. Never needed to use any third party software. Unless you want to restore the image to a smaller Disk, then you will need to look elsewhere. It should also tell you the Image was Created Successfully when done.
 
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lostsoul62 said:
I bought a 3rd party backup for my C drive and to find out I can use "Control Panel" Backup and restore (Windows 7) So my question is why they sell and why do we buy a 3rd party backup when Windows will do it for you. Is there a difference?
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Because people who have no idea fall for it
 
There's multiple levels of backup.

Personally I just dd storage devices into a binary file, you can even pipe the process through lz4 so it compresses free space while writing.
 
beers said:
There's multiple levels of backup.

Personally I just dd storage devices into a binary file, you can even pipe the process through lz4 so it compresses free space while writing.
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So you are talking linux and a fast compression tool, not something the day to day user would even know about
 
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