Here are five backup and recovery essentials in Windows Vista that you should
know about:
- The Backup and Restore Center, which you access through the Control Panel
System and Maintenance applet, is the central location from which the majority
of backup and restore operations take place.
- Basic File Backup and Restore is an automated tool for protecting users'
data files with minimal user interaction. The file backups can be stored on
a wide array of media. They're stored in .zip file format.
- Windows Complete PC Backup and Restore creates an image-based backup of
an entire system in the event of a failed hard disk or other catastrophe.
Complete PC backups are stored in Microsoft Virtual Hard Disk (VHD) format.
- Volume Shadow Copy Services (VSS) is an automatically enabled component
of the Vista OS. VSS saves point-in-time copies of files that can be restored
in the event of accidental file deletion or corruption.
- System Restore uses VSS to create point-in-time copies of system files
that can be restored to recover your system after a botched driver installation
or other misbehaving system element.