How to use System Restore and Mirror Backup under Windows 7

Careful, you must find that you can't find the NTBackup tool software you are familiar with on Windows 7 system. Is it impossible to back up systems and data under Windows 7 without installing software? Of course not, in order to adapt to the new system features, and to make it easier for Windows 7 users to protect the system, Windows 7 uses a new set of backup and restore methods. So how do you do this? Look down together.

We know that from the Windows ME system there is a "system restore" function, the system comes with the function can be through the restore point Set up to record changes we made to the system. When a system failure occurs, you can use System Restore without having to reinstall the operating system or affect personal data files such as files, emails, or photos. The work can restore the system to the state before the change and continue to use normally. Compared with Ghost backup, system restore has its own advantages, such as safe and convenient operation, and does not affect personal data files. In addition, the backup function in Windows 7 has been greatly enhanced, not only for the backup of various types of files is more powerful, but also can save the system as an image file like Ghost backup. Then, after the system restore has experienced Windows XP, Windows Vista system, what changes will be made to this useful function in Windows 7? Let's try the Windows 7 system restore function with Xiaobian, by the way, “ Take a look at the new Create System Image feature in Backup & Restore.

As in Windows XP, before using the System Restore feature, make sure that Windows 7 has this feature turned on. Right-click on the blank of the Resource Manager's "Computer" page (that is, "My Computer" in Windows XP), select "Properties", and then click in the "System" view window. The “System Protection” link on the left side of the interface, and finally ensure that the drive to be protected goes out of the protected state in the “System Protection” tab.

When the protection is turned on for a partition, Windows 7 automatically creates a restore point when necessary. Of course, at this time, we can also manually create a restore point, in the interface above, click the "Create" button at the bottom, fill in the name of the restore point, wait a moment to complete the creation of the restore point. .

With System Restore enabled, Windows 7 will create restore points for the appropriate partitions when necessary. So, how do you perform a system restore when there is a problem with the system? Click the Start menu and then click “All Programs>-“Accessories”-“System Tools”-“System Restore” The system restore main interface follows the wizard.

Using System Restore in Windows XP, we see a calendar view where you can choose a restore point, and in Windows 7, these changes have been a lot. First of all, the system restore function of Windows 7 will select the restore point recommended by the system by default, and tell you the creation time, description, etc. of the restore point, so that you can understand the recommendation of the system. Of course, we can also choose another restore point to choose which state to restore to.

When we set our own selection of restore points, Windows 7 will display the available restore points in the list, the time, description, and type are clear, and the restore points we created manually before are also listed in it. .

Windows 7 System Restore is a big improvement over XP. It is the program that can scan every restore point. . When we select a restore point, click on the "Scan for affected programs" button, and wait a moment to get a detailed report with the programs and drivers that will be deleted and will be restored. This feature has great benefits, so that you can understand the choice of restore points, especially when there are two restore points with similar time, you can use this function to select the restore point with smaller influence surface to restore.

After selecting the restore point, after a final confirmation step, the rest of the system restore function is automatically completed, restore, restart, and finish. The process is the same as Windows XP, and you can see it again soon. There is no problem with the system.

Although Xiaobian personally thinks that the system restore function is very good, since Windows XP, many users do not like to use the system restore function, I think it does not have much use, but always said to use Ghost makes backups much better. In fact, Qi Zhai believes that the system restore of Windows and the use of Ghost do not conflict at all. It is not a relationship between the two, but they can complement each other and use them at the same time. Now, Windows 7 also has a Ghost-like feature that allows you to create a system image to recover from unexpected events. Let's take a look at this feature.

Open the Start menu and tap “All Programs -“Maintain”-“Backup and Restore” . In the "Backup and Restore" function window that opens, click on the "Create Backup Mirror" on the left side to start creating a system image. The first is to choose the location to save the backup, which can be the hard disk partition, DVD disk and network location. Note that only the NTFS disk partition can protect the backup file.

Click the “Next” button to enter the confirmation backup settings interface, we can see that the backup disk is displayed in the list. Because the computer of the seven children is installed in a dual system, the system image function here automatically backs up the C disk existing in Windows XP and the F disk existing in Windows 7. Clicking the “Start Backup” button will start the backup process, and the whole process will not take too much time, about 10 minutes.

How to use system image to restore? Also enter the “Backup and Restore” interface, click “Restore System Settings or your computer” below, and then click “Advanced Recovery Method”. Finally, click on the “Restore the computer image created using the previous system” option in the “Advanced Recovery Method” window.

At this time, a user file backup interface will appear. If you do not need to click the “Skip” button to ignore it, it is recommended to back up some necessary files and data. Finally click on the “restart” button and the rest of the operation can be done automatically by the system.

The created system image can be used not only as above, but also when the system is completely unable to boot, insert the Windows 7 installation disk, restore the image through the repair function of the installation disk, and restore the system to the backup state. Just like using Ghost.

Above we have experienced the new and improved system restore function of Windows 7 and the new system image creation function, one can be used when there are minor problems in the system and can be used at startup, and the other can be used for big problems or When the system fails to start, it can be restored to a backup state. When the two are combined with each other, we don't have to worry about the system being unable to solve the problem, and it can also protect files and data to the greatest extent, eliminating the trouble of reinstalling various software.