Thereafter, clicking Back up files will
start a backup immediately, and without any prompts. But if Windows
can??™t find the previous backup archives??”you??™ve deleted them, switched
media, etc.??”Windows won??™t ask you to make it right; the backup will
just fail. To fix the problem, click the Change settings link, click
Change backup settings, and specify a new location to save the backup.
(Never mind if you don??™t want to choose a different destination; just
change it and then change it back.)
The automatic backup provided by the Back Up Files wizard
is an essential ingredient to the Previous Versions feature discussed
in ???Go Back in Time with Restore Points and Shadow
Copies,??? earlier in this chapter.
The Back Up Files wizard is included with all editions of Windows Vista.
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Complete PC Backup and Restore
If you have the Business, Ultimate, or Enterprise edition of Windows
Vista, you have access to the handy Complete PC Backup and Restore
feature. This tool copies every last byte on your hard disk to the destination
of your choice, making it possible to restore your PC easily in the
event of a hard disk crash or other catastrophe. Just open the Backup
and Restore Center (Figure 6-11), click the Back up computer button,
and follow the prompts to create image files of each of your hard disks.
But as though Microsoft had plotted some cruel joke, you can??™t restore
individual files from Complete PC backups, at least not without a little
hack demonstrated later in this section.
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