Windows 8

Windows 8 comes with a wonderful set of backup tools, that are incredibly easy to use, that put very little stress on the user, and allow almost any user to handle basic backup utilities.

Windows 8 comes with a lot of interesting features. Microsoft is working to upgrade the parts that were faulty in Windows 7, and add a couple of new options as well.

Whereas the new backup system for Windows 8 might not be suited for all kinds of users, it certainly helps home users of the general requirement of having to consider 3^rd party applications, go through reviews and go through different licensing systems.

Not to mention the fact that Microsoft’s solution is certainly a lot easier to use than all those complex application you might find on the market. Albeit, some of them are built for the home user, it’s a lot easier when it’s already installed and already built for your system.

Windows Backup did not gain an amazing reputation – people that use it, use it mostly because it’s convenient and free, rather than because they feel they can count on it.

Less than 5% of consumer users end up actually using Microsoft Backup, which is an incredibly low number given the general usage of embedded Microsoft products. However, with the migration towards Windows 8, Microsoft hopes to get its users hooked on their backup system, with a different type of backup – a continuous one.

Image Backup for Windows 8 is one of those backup tools that need not much figuring out. As odd as that past sentence may sound, the point is, it does exactly what it should – it backs up data on Windows 8 machines.

Windows 8 offers many new features. Regarding the backup there is a nice option to set the system to the state after the installation. Using Refresh PC you can bring back the stable system state without modifying your data. There is also a special trick to create custom image to be used via Refresh PC in Windows 8.