{"id":48967,"date":"2014-08-04T22:16:53","date_gmt":"2014-08-04T22:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/?p=48967"},"modified":"2014-08-04T22:16:53","modified_gmt":"2014-08-04T22:16:53","slug":"good-bad-windows-backup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pcmatic.com\/blog\/good-bad-windows-backup\/","title":{"rendered":"Good and Bad of Windows Backup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/br><\/p>\n<p><i><font SIZE=\"2\">Leo&#8217;s deep dive into the built into the Windows back up solution &#8211; is not all positive.&#8211;PC Pitstop<\/i><\/font>.<\/i><\/font><\/p>\n<h4>Good and Bad of Windows Backup<\/h4>\n<p>By Leo Notenboom<\/p>\n<p>Windows 8.1 changed its included backup program. A tiny bit for the better, and a lot for the worse. I wrote a book on Windows 8.1 backup, but I&#8217;d rather you did something else.<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m in the process of finishing up my Windows 8.1 backup book, Saved! Backing Up With Windows 8 Backup. 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