Well, I have Vista (no problems with that OS). Lilhurricane tried to help me, but since v8 isn't compatible with Vista, I'm not going to worry about it. I've never made a backup of anything - ever - since I first started using a pc in 2000 (ME being the 1st OS, and Vista on a new pc in 2007). Not much on this pc anyway - no pictures,music or Office software (Wordpad is my friend ). -- Lonnie