How to Take Windows 7 Data Backup and Restore
Today i will tell you about that How to Take Windows 7 Data Backup and Restore. this is lengthy but very easy to do and i found this trick on groovypost so really hats off to groovypost.
Just follow the following step to take backup.
1. From windows browser, go to My Computer. Next Right-Click your local hard-drive (by default C:) and Click Properties.(very Simple)
Windows 7 Backup – local disk c: properties
2. Look at the properties, in the properties for your local disk, go to Tools tab and then Click Backup now….
Windows 7 Backup – Tools tab on properties and Back up now button
3. On the backup utility window Click Set up backup.
Windows 7 Backup – set up backup
4. On the window which may take a moment to appear, Select which destination location you would like to save your backups to. I suggest an external hard-drive, as shown in my example.
Windows 7 Backup – select a backup location
5. Now decide whether you whether you would like to use default backup folders, or backup your folders by handpicking them yourself.
Windows 7 Backup – choose which folders you would like to backup
6. If you chose to select the folders and files yourself, this next part is where you get to do it.
Notice the system image checkbox and Check the box for Include a system image of your drives: System Reserved, (C:). I suggest checking the box just in case the failure is worse than just lost data.
7. After moving onto the next step you’ll be required to wait for the backup to finish. You can Click View Details if you want the specifics of what exactly is going on.
Windows 7 Backup – the backup can take some time
So this is the simplest way to take windows 7 back up.
Now See How To Restore Files From Backup
8. Return to the backup utility tool, but this time Click Restore my files.
Windows 7 Backup – click restore my files in the backup utility
9. On the right-side of the Restore Files window you can Select your Files or Folders that you would like to restore from your backup copy.
10. On the next window, depending on your files and circumstances you’ll need to decide whether to restore your files in the original location (replace) or if you want to save the restorations as copies to another folder.
Windows 7 Backup – choose a destination for restored files
Adjust Backup Size Settings
11. Back on the backup utility screen, Click Manage Size under your backup.
Windows 7 Backup – manage your disk backup space
12. From here you can delete old backups by Clicking View backups. You can also Click Change settings… if you would like to set your automatic backup to only keep the latest image. I recommend doing both!
Windows 7 Backup – view your backup or change settings to adjust size
All done!
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