Back up problems with windows 7

Hi,
I am having difficulties backing up my files using this version of windows 7 64 bit.
Like many others, windows is taking around three hours to perform a full back up each time instead of just updating new or modified files etc.
Also, I cant see my files and folders that are supposed to be backed up.  I have spent two days now trying to get this right but just seem to be going round in circles trying to get what should be a simple job done right!
Can anyone give me a solution to this issue please!  I have tried choosing files myself rather than let windows do this but still no good.  Also, these full back ups which are not neccessary, are taking up valuable space on my hard drive!
Thanks in advance
James

As I can't exactly see what your problem is, I'll try to answer your questions step-by-step:
1) On my laptop, a "full backup" (system image + personal files) takes around 1 hour for the first time (~ 4 G). All subsequent backups take remarkably less time because only changes are taken into account. It is not true that the same "full backup" is repeated
each time; it's more like an incremental backup (definitions may vary).
2) The backup is stored on your destination media, in a file named "Your PC_Name" (= name of your PC) which shows no extension but a nice "backup file" icon. If you want to see the contents, right-click on the file and select "open". You will be presented
with a lot of *.zip files (compressed folders) where your files are stored (if you want to see them, double-click on the "*.zip"). You'll see that most (if not all) files belong to your \Windows and \User folders (and subfolders like "My Documents", "My Downloads",
etc.). Program folders are usually not included.
3) Third party backup programs may give you more flexibility and selections. However, I can't see a real advantage from these features. If any application software misbehaves, the better solution is always to uninstall / reinstall the software instead of
restoring it from a backup (in general, you'll restore the errors, too).
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