On Tue, Feb 2, 2016 at 01:02 pm, Mario <[email protected]> wrote: concerning step 1, is the built in backup utility sufficient?
That depends on who you ask. The more I learn the more I think that a third party tool, and there are several excellent products that are no cost to home users, is the better way to go. These seem to pose both less frustration and greater ease in the situation where you'd need to restore. I have been using the new built-in File History feature on Windows 10 along with a third party product. In the event I need to get something back I don't want to rely on File History alone until I'm certain File History alone is absolutely reliable for user data files. System images are still done "the old fashioned way" under Windows 10 and the Microsoft boot recovery from system image has been well-known for its unreliability, which is a shame. The MS system image creation also does a full system image, including all accounts and data files, and you cannot select anything specific to recover - it's an all or nothing affair. I prefer to have a full system image of the OS alone, separate from the user data files, and a user data file backup that allows me to control what I want to "bring back" more easily in the unfortunate circumstance of a full system crash. Brian
