Windows Tip: Restoring individual files from a CompletePC Backup
By Mitch Tulloch, MTIT Enterprises
Windows Vista has a new backup feature called CompletePC Backup that backs up everything on your computer in one easy step. And you can back up everything either to another hard drive such as a removable USB drive or DVD. Then later if you need to restore your computer due to instability or corruption, you can boot from your Windows Vista product DVD while holding down F8 to start the Windows Recovery Environment, select the Windows CompletePC Backup option when it is displayed, and follow the prompts to restore your system from your previous backup to your external drive or DVD.
When you create a backup using CompletePC Backup however, the wizard says the backup can only be used to restore the entire system and that you can't use it to restore individual files. Well that's not true!
Here's what you do using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 (still in beta).
Windows Vista has a new backup feature called CompletePC Backup that backs up everything on your computer in one easy step. And you can back up everything either to another hard drive such as a removable USB drive or DVD. Then later if you need to restore your computer due to instability or corruption, you can boot from your Windows Vista product DVD while holding down F8 to start the Windows Recovery Environment, select the Windows CompletePC Backup option when it is displayed, and follow the prompts to restore your system from your previous backup to your external drive or DVD.
When you create a backup using CompletePC Backup however, the wizard says the backup can only be used to restore the entire system and that you can't use it to restore individual files. Well that's not true!
Here's what you do using Microsoft Virtual Server 2005 R2 SP1 (still in beta).
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