Backups

[lostsoul62]

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?

 

[johnb35]

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.

 

[lostsoul62]

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.

 

[StrangleHold]

You can do it within windows back up to online or back up to a hard drive or USB drive or even a Blu-ray.

 

[lostsoul62]

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?