Backup and Restore (Windows 7) review: Good for imaging, bad for disaster recovery

Here is a 187-word summary of the news article: The article reviews the "Backup and Restore (Windows 7)" feature in Windows, which provides a free and integrated drive imaging tool. While it can create compatible VHDX backup files that are easy to access, the article finds it is not a good solution for disaster recovery or OS migration. The main issues are the unreliable Windows Rescue/Recovery disks, which are required to restore from a backup but often fail to boot or function properly. Additionally, the tool cannot create a full system image backup to an external drive, only network locations or the internal drive being backed up. Other limitations include the lack of incremental/differential backups and the inability to restore to a drive smaller than the original. The author ultimately recommends using third-party backup software like EaseUS Todo Backup or Macrium Reflect instead, as they provide more reliable disaster recovery capabilities. Though the built-in backup tool works well for creating browsable disk images, its flaws make it unsuitable for true disaster recovery needs according to the review.