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Free Windows Backup Software Help You Backup System Partition to Image

Embarrassment of no backup of system

Many people encountered such kind of problems, like the operating system crashed, attacked by virus and need to reinstall the operating system as well as all the procedures. All these are troublesome and will waste you a lot of time. So an image backup and restore software is helpful. EASEUS Todo Backup is free windows backup image software, it helps you image drive or clone drive fast and safely. This backup software is a good choice, especially when you want to backup system partition.

How to backup system partition to image?

To launch backup operation, please click "Backup" in the main window, or select "Operation" -> " Backup" from the menu bar, tool bar or action panel to start "Backup Wizard ".

Choose backup wizard

Backup Wizard

EASEUS Todo Backup will scan and list all the existing partition(s) and disk(s) information in this step.

Follow the Backup Wizard steps to backup your system:

1. Select the system partition. (Here is Partition C:)

Case1: Select the system partition:

Select the system partition

Additional choice: Sector-by-sector backup Option

You may notice that there is an option of "Create image sector by sector" at the bottom. Sector-by-sector backup can be chosen if necessary. If you choose it, it means you prefer to backup all sectors to the image file even though there is no data on the source partition or disk.

Tips:

Sector-by-sector backup will be operated automatically when there is bad sector on the source partition or unused space is less than 2%. Image backup file created sector-by-sector will produce large imaged file.

Sector by sector backup

2. Select backup image location

Select the destination position to save the image and input a name for the image. Please save the backup image file to different partition or hard drive, especially the removable hard drive. If you save the file on to the original place, you cannot restore the image when this original partition is corrupted.

Tips:

1. The default path is the same as the last setting and the default file name is MyBackup.pbd. If you change the path, you must input a file name.

2. The backup path can include English character or number only.

Select backup image location

3. Choose Backup options:

Here are two options: "Use Default options" and "Set the option manually".

a. Use Default options:
If you choose "Use Default options" during this step, the backup image will be produced according to you previous set state.

Use default options

b. Set the option manually:
If you select "Set the option manually", you can set the Priority, Compress Level, Image protection and Image Splitting options. (This option also can be changed previously in "Tool" > "Option")

Tips:
1. In menu "Tool" > "Option", you can change "Temporary File Path" besides the settings above.

2. If the temporary file path is the partition that you want to backup, sector-by-sector backup cannot be achieved until the path is changed to another partition in "Option" menu.

Choose backup option manually

4. Image comments:

You may add some comments to the backup image which will help you to find the image file faster.

Input comments for image

5. Backup image creation summary

This window displays the list of operations which will be performed. Click "Proceed" to start the backup creation task. The task progress will be shown in the special window. You can stop the procedure by clicking "Cancel" or use the "Back" buttons to change the task.

Windows backup operation summary

6. Operation progress

There will be the process bars of current operation progress and total progress. After all the operations finished, there will be a pop-up window with the result notification.

Image backup operation process

Tips:

1. If you set a password for the image file, you need to confirm this password when you check or restore.

2. Please do not save the image file to the partition which you want to restore.

3. Burning image to DVD in Windows 2000 is not available.

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