aintnorock Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 I upgraded to Windows 7 Home Premium from XP. I have 6.1 SP1 build 7601running on Pentium Dual Core E5200 @ 2.5GHz with 3.0 gb of memory.Windows Backup has never worked very well - I made a few backups early on, but wanted something more, so I tried several Back-up programs with mixed results, but nothing seems to work - I get hangups, schedules don't run without baby-sitting, error messages, etc.So, anyway, I'm thinking maybe I'd go back to Windows backup and just live with its shortcomings, but now it doesn't work at all. I go to Control Panel, click on Backup under Security; it says Windows backup has not been setup, and when I click on "set up backup", I get a set=up window that just hangs and never gets any progress.So, I have a two fold question:How can I fix Windows 7 backup?AND/ORIs there a decent program out there that will run consistent backups and images, etc, without a working Windows back-up?Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-pops- Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Many members here (including me) use Acronis for backups.It has never let me down during use on dozens of machines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JiniOnline Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Use Microsoft Silverlight for backup & restore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bludgard Posted December 5, 2012 Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Use Microsoft Silverlight for backup & restore.WTH?Care to expound? :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintnorock Posted December 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 Many members here (including me) use Acronis for backups.It has never let me down during use on dozens of machines.Acronis is one of the programs I tried. It would work for a day or two, then quit working with no error messages or anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trantien Posted December 6, 2012 Report Share Posted December 6, 2012 I am not sure but it's said that it's impossible to upgrade to WIndow 7 from Win XP. We only change the performance only. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ɹəuəllıʍ ʇɐb Posted December 7, 2012 Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 Use Microsoft Silverlight for backup & restore.Please use the 'Joke' forum for these kind of comments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aintnorock Posted December 7, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 7, 2012 I am not sure but it's said that it's impossible to upgrade to WIndow 7 from Win XP. We only change the performance only.They may say that, but I did it. I've been running Windows 7 for a while now with no problems, and it acts no differently than my laptop which came with Windows 7. What CAN"T be done is to transfer programs - you have to reload all your programs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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