Vista disk mirroring tool detailed

Relative to Northon Ghost, first of all, from the mirror size, the image generated by Vista is 6 G, and the Ghost image is about 3 G, which is half of the former. On the speed, Vista's backup and recovery process is not much different from Ghost. It takes about 3 minutes and is acceptable. However, driven by the habitual use of software and the poor resource usage, Vista's mirroring function can only be said to be a chicken. Think about it only if you don't have any backup tools available.

Introduction to Vista Complete PC Backup Tool

Everyone knows that in all previous versions of Windows operating system there is a backup tool that allows you to back up all the files on your hard drive. There is also a tool like this in Windows Vista. But slightly different, in addition to the standard backup tools, Windows Vista also includes a disk mirroring tool called "Complete PC Backup".

This tool creates an image file containing the structure and contents of the hard disk file. If you've used Northon Ghost or Acronis True Image, it's easy to understand what type of software Vista's full PC backup tool is.

Note that the backup type created by the full PC backup tool cannot be used to recover a single file - only the entire disk content can be recovered. For this reason, Microsoft recommends that even if you use a full PC backup backup, you still need to use standard backup tools in your daily operations. Another point to note is that the full PC backup and recovery tool is not included in the Windows Vista Home Basic or Windows Vista Home Premium version.

Creating a Partition Mirror

Here's a simple backup step:

1. Type back in the Start menu and the system will automatically search for 2 related menus. We choose to use The first "Backup and Restore Center  

2.Open the Backup and Recovery Center and select the second item “Backup Your Computer”&rdquo ;;

3. Select the location where the backup file is saved. Direct burning is supported here, but it is not recommended based on the poor compatibility of Windows burning tools in previous versions;

4. Select the disk partition to be backed up. By default, the disk partition where the Vista system is located is selected and cannot be canceled.

5.Start backup;

6. Backup is complete.

7. In the "Backup and Recovery Center", you can see the backup information you just created.

The recovery image in Vista supports 2 ways. One is to install dual operating system. Press F8 to switch to the option menu when booting, and the other is to use Vista installation CD. Recovery, here we introduce the second method.

1.Start the computer from the CD and select “Repair your computer”;

2. The fix automatically finds the installed Vista system on the disk;

3. Select “ Windows Complete PC Restore (Windows Complete PC Restore);;

4. Enter "Restore your entire computer from a backup" & rdquo;, if only done Once backed up, the system selects this backup by default. If there are multiple backups, you need to select them manually, then click “Restore a different backup”.

5. If there are more Backup image, select here;

6. Confirm that the recovery information is correct, you can select "Format and repartition disks" & rdquo;, but please note that this will re-disk Partition and format, be careful! The system will reconfirm whether to restore;

7. Start mirror recovery, restart automatically after completion, and the whole recovery process ends.

Relative to Northon Ghost, first of all, from the image size, the image generated by Vista is 6 G, and the Ghost image is about 3 G, which is half of the former. On the speed, Vista's backup and recovery process is not much different from Ghost. It takes about 3 minutes and is acceptable. However, driven by the habitual use of software and the poor resource usage, Vista's mirroring function can only be said to be a chicken. Think about it only if you don't have any backup tools available.