Taking backup is always important because data is valuable. You can buy a new PC but you cannot get your data and files unless you had made a copy some where. Today we will talk about how to take regular and incremental backups using an inbuilt feature of Windows Vista which allows you to take backups of files, hard drives , user back to a network drive or any partition you choose on regular interval i.e. Weekly, Daily , monthly.

This tutorial is in reference with 30 Days Windows Vista Tutorials and Guide

Go to Control Panel > Switch to Classic Mode > Backup and Restore Center.

Double click on Windows Vista Backup and restore center and you will get two options. The first option lets you take a back and second one lets you restore. Let us schedule a backup which can be done unattended everyday without you invoking it. I am adding the snapshots after the steps

• Click on Backup Files
• Select where you want to store the backup , Largest Partition or a network path. I would recommend to connect an external hard drive for this. Take back up in that. Once you are done with the backup just burn it on DVD every Weekend.
• Next is select the partitions you want to make backup of . Windows Vista by default will always take backup of the drive where you had installed Windows Vista.
• Just make sure your target hard drive has enough space for holding all the backups.
• You can then select the the users folders i.e. Music file etc.
• Next Screen you select How often you want to take backups, What day you want to do it and what the time your backup should start.
• By default Vista backup is incremental i.e. only the files which changed will be backed up which includes the new files added.
• Restoring backups are very simple. Just select the backup you want to restore and you it will find its path.

Vista backup select target path to store backup

Vista backup select source drive

Vista backup user data

Vista backup schedule backup