If im already using aomei backupper to back up windows, and if i already got my most important files backed up on usb memory sticks, would windows own backup tool be worth anything?
Last edited by Cerawy; 21 Mar 2021 at 03:59.
Do you mean Backup and Restore (Windows 7) or File History or something else?
The first is deprecated - effectively near enough obsolete. The second seems problematic at times.
In addition to scheduled or periodic backups (and of course, regular and routine disk imaging), consider synching tools (Google or search tenforums) for backing up fast changing critcal files.
Last edited by dalchina; 25 Jul 2020 at 11:03.
Thank you for your reply. Be specific. To understand what you're referring to, how do you launch whatever it is you're referring to? Screenshot.
Thank you. Yes, that's Backup and Restore (Windows 7)
Screenshots are most helpfully posted using forum features thus:
Yes, but i was wondering if it's worth anything, if i already got my most important files backed up on my usb memory sticks?
Last edited by Cerawy; 21 Mar 2021 at 04:02.
Backup & Restore (Windows 7) has two separate functions: to back up files and folders, and to create a system image. It's specifically the system image function that has been deprecated.
Features removed or Deprecated in Windows 10 Fall Creators UpdateMicrosoft said:
Backup & Restore's files and folders backup is not a simple copy, it actually creates a backup set consisting of a linked series of 200MB .zip files. Here's one I created earlier....
It is near-impossible to manually find and extract a particular file from a backup set. The only practical way to restore file(s) from a backup set is is to run Backup & Restore again. I no longer use Backup & Restore.
File History on the other hand does just copy the files to its History folder, the only change it makes to a file is to append the time and date of the backup to the file's name. Here's my File History folder in active use.
The main way to restore a file backup is to open File History, but failing that it's easy to manually find, copy and rename a backed up file. My primary means of backup is Macrium Reflect, but I like to have File History turned on as a second line of defence.
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