dc2000
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- Portland, OR
I really loved the feature in Windows 7 (and later in 8) that allowed to make incremental daily image backups of our drives (C: or D:, etc.) using the "Backup and restore" option. Now after having gone to 8.1 I learned that this option is no longer available. Microsoft page suggests using File History instead but to the best of me, I couldn't find any way to make daily incremental image backups with it. It just looked like a cheesier knock-off from the Time Machine in OS X.
So technically a two part question (one would work for me):
1. Can I upgrade back to Window 8 (no 8.1) without too much hassle?
2. If the first option is not available, is there a 3rd party (reliable) solution to create daily image backups of my system to a local/external hard drive?
I did some research myself and there're some paid solutions out there. Note that I'm not looking for them. I thought that the investment into Windows 8 was enough to justify its features. Now when they were taken out I can't imagine paying any more! So what's next, Microsoft? Take out File Explorer and make us buy it from somewhere else..... Arghh!
So technically a two part question (one would work for me):
1. Can I upgrade back to Window 8 (no 8.1) without too much hassle?
2. If the first option is not available, is there a 3rd party (reliable) solution to create daily image backups of my system to a local/external hard drive?
I did some research myself and there're some paid solutions out there. Note that I'm not looking for them. I thought that the investment into Windows 8 was enough to justify its features. Now when they were taken out I can't imagine paying any more! So what's next, Microsoft? Take out File Explorer and make us buy it from somewhere else..... Arghh!
My Computer
System One
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- OS
- Windows 8.1 Pro
- Computer type
- PC/Desktop
- System Manufacturer/Model
- Dell XPS 8700 (customized)
- CPU
- Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-4770 CPU @ 3.40GHz
- Motherboard
- Intel Z87
- Memory
- 32 GB
- Graphics Card(s)
- Haswell on-board, 2 GB VDRAM
- Sound Card
- Haswell on-board
- Monitor(s) Displays
- Acer / DVI
- Screen Resolution
- 1680x1050
- Hard Drives
- C: Mushkin Scorpion PCle SSD, 222 GB
D: Samsung SSD 840-series, 238 GB
E: Samsung SSD 840 eVo, 500 GB
F: WD (Red) HDD, 2 TB
- PSU
- Dell standard
- Case
- Dell standard
- Cooling
- Dell standard
- Keyboard
- Logitech K120
- Mouse
- Infrared wired mouse from Microsoft
- Internet Speed
- Comcast DSL
- Browser
- Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, IE
- Antivirus
- Windows 8 built-in
That is a good solution.