Had to re install Vista and I found the worst part of the re install was to get all the MS Updates especially Service Pack 1 & 2 which each one is about 450MB. I'm now up to 220 updates installed and more are on the way.
I was told that a regular back up does not include updates but if I make an Image backup, it will include all the updates.
I made now on my USB external HD an AISBackup of my C;\ suitable for disaster recovery as it says and AISBackup made my external HD bootable and when I boot into it I can see the AISBackup screen and I'm ready for a restore.
I wonder is this backup similar to an image backup?
Image Backup
Backup
A regular backup of the 'C' drive does contain all the updates, a regular backup of the whole drive is equivalent to an image. Each time the same backup is run a new dated session is made (even though not so many files are backed up) therefore you end up with many images in the same backup. This enables a restore to be made of the PC to any of these dated sessions so even if a problem goes unnoticed you may restore back to a point where the PC was running OK.
The file copy option only contains a 'image' of the current state of the PC and therefore leaves you venerable to problems on the PC that may have also been copied.
Why did you think that a regular backup of the disk drive does not contain the updates?
Barry
The file copy option only contains a 'image' of the current state of the PC and therefore leaves you venerable to problems on the PC that may have also been copied.
Why did you think that a regular backup of the disk drive does not contain the updates?
Barry
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