We frequently see this question in newsgroups from customers running different editions of Windows Vista. The table below is an excerpt from page 17 of the Windows Vista Product Guide. If you’d like an overview of all the backup features, see section 3.10 Windows Backup and Restore beginning on page 87.
You can download the Windows Vista Product Guide from the Microsoft Download Center .
[Updated 1/12 to split the table into chunks]
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Home Basic
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Home Premium
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Ad hoc backup and recovery of user files and folders
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Scheduled backup of user files
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Backup of user files to a networked PC or device
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Incremental backup
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Automatic backup scheduling
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Complete PC Backup and Restore (image based)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Shadow Copy (restore previous versions of your documents)
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Ad hoc backup and recovery of user files and folders
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Yes
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Yes
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Scheduled backup of user files
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Yes
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Yes
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