True Image? or is W7 backup any good

[alvehyanna]

I just built my first machine thanks to the wonderful people here.

I also moved from XP to W7.

I use to run Acronis True Image 11, but I see W7 has it's own backup and recover built in.

Any pro/cons to W7?

My only concern with W7 is whether it will actually make a real image of the disk - seems like it might leave stuff out.

[EzyStvy]

You can look in Windows Help file for a full description.

Might also consider taking it for a test drive....aka - make an image to another drive and try using that drive.

[MikeMoss]

As far as I can see Windows 7 backup does a good job and makes an image that will restore your computer to the way that it was when you backed it up.

That being said I have yet to try and actually restore a computer using it.

My Restore disk boots my computer and offers all the options so I assume it would work if I needed it to.

I'm a security nut (I have years of graphic design files) so I have my hard drives (2) both backed up to 2 external hard drives using both Windows back up and Norton Ghost so if I ever have to restore my computer I'm hoping that at least one of them works. LOL

Mike