SafeDocs, a new Windows Backup, is in beta form in Windows Vista Beta 1. It's designed to automate the process of backing up data incrementally to network volumes or external media.
 Backup has long been an afterthought, but we're living in a world where it's becoming a lot more important. The new Windows Backup, whose code name is SafeDocs, looks to be a welcome improvement. |
Microsoft has created a new hybrid partial shut-down state that merges aspects of Standby and Hibernation to save power and protect data, and also hasten recovery time from hibernation. They call it Safe Sleep and Quick Resume. You can change a notebook battery in the new sleep state.
Microsoft is including a utility called XImage and a file format called Windows Imaging (WIM) that can handle disk imaging in Vista.
For more information about additional new features, see Desktop Pipeline's A New Vista: Microsoft Releases Vista Beta 1.
It's unusual for a Beta 1 version of Windows to have both the final shipping name of the product and as many new features as this build shows. And that's a strong sign of two things:
So apparently there's a lot more to come. As the new Vista features and functionalities begin to gel (not the case in Beta 1), turn to TechWeb and Scot's Newsletter for ongoing review coverage.
Scot Finnie is Editor, the Pipelines and TechWeb, as well as the author of Scot's Newsletter and previously an editor with Windows Magazine, ZDNet, and PC/Computing. He has been writing about Windows and other operating systems for two decades.
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