[gstelmack]

No. I've tried several. I was using Cobian for a while, but it doesn't have real Vista / Win7 support. It runs, but it's slow because it can't use the shadow volume stuff, and I found out later that it was not actually backing up everything I told it to do.

Right now I'm using Norton 360 for both security and for backup, and while I hate that it puts files in its own custom format that's harder for me to browse and extract from, at least it works. I've read reviews of many others (such as Acronis), and all seem to have complaints about how reliable they are.

The state of PC backup is really just abysmal. I just want one that works. I want my entire Documents folder backed up, period, okay? Even with Norton I have to add file types or whole directories because it tries to be intelligent about what to back up. I'm a developer, how about adding a "source code" category instead of making me specify all my extensions manually? Or even just a "back up everything under my user profile, k?"

This is so much harder than it should be.