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What Microsoft Windows XP Backup Lacks

There's no need to mention the necessity of developing regular backup practice to prevent data loss. The problem is that the today's most popular OS, Windows XP, is not provided with a flexible built-in solution to automatically create reserve copies of important data (from mere folders to complete Windows XP backups). To understand what built-in XP backup utility lacks, we need to answer a question: why people choose commercial backup software over it?

With paid backup programs you don't have to pay everyday attention to making backups, you only need to select data and schedule your tasks - and have your PC effectively protected from now on. While Windows XP Backup also features scheduling, the main difference with paid software lies in means of selection of various data. The Microsoft's backup utility in Windows XP lets you back up only files, folders and system registry. To see what it lacks, let's take a look at functions featured by other tools:

* E-mail backup. Most paid backup software let you easily perform one-click backups of messages, contacts, notes and ...
... other data stored in Outlook, Windows Mail and other clients

* Image-based backup. There are many powerful utilities that allow not only copying files and folders, but also creating complete drive snapshots

* Database backup. Databases keep their data loaded into memory of the server and can't be backed up with common file system queries. Support for database backups is probably the most important feature for business environments

Other features include automatic compression, encryption, support for various storage media, data verification, and much more. If Microsoft could spend some time and develop at least some of them for Windows XP Backup, it would save a lot of time for both enterprises and individuals. Who knows - perhaps in the future they will introduce a new, easy-to-use and effective instrument for backing up Windows XP, yet now the built-in tool is as unpopular as it deserves.

About the Author:

Alexander Rassokhin is an IT-expert with 7 years expertise in the area of security software for Windows platforms, and a technical writer for Novosoft who develops their own http://www.handybackup.net/backup-windows-xp.shtml.
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