Thinkvantage Back-up versus Vista Back-up

[Perdu]

Exuse my ignorance but what is the difference between these two and which should I use for a full system back-up.

Thanks

[Perdu]

Anyone?

[mgo]

Exuse my ignorance but what is the difference between these two and which should I use for a full system back-up.

Thanks

Personally, I don't like either one, and I have tried both. My best solution is spend $40.00 on Acronis True Image and use that for full imaging backup. It is pretty fast and has worked very well for me for a number of years.

Vista backup is very fussy, and ThinkPad backup is overly complex and not all that reliable. The technology for both is years old and it shows it.

For personal data files (not the operating system) use RoboCopy which comes free with Vista. It uses simple to create batch files and is very fast. Microsoft did good when they created that one!

Another personal file backup program which has a decent GUI and huge numbers of options (should you choose the "expert" mode) would be Syncback. It is very fast and rock-solid. There is a freeware version of that.

[Perdu]

Thanks - very helpful.

[shiby]

I prefer specialty.
Lenovo gives you excellent hardware & other fabulous technologies
Microsoft gives you OS
Software comes from third party.

For any purpose, you could always find out some programs dedicated to that.

e.g Acronis => back & recovery

I never use apps that come with OS.
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