Vista's data backup strategy in an unconventional state

Once upon a time, the NTFS partition format made Ghost slightly helpless, but the latest Ghost already supports NTFS partitions, but under Windows Vista, you can only use the Vista installation CD or CD version of Ghost. Tools for system backup and restore are very cumbersome. We will explore different Vista system backup and restore technologies below, and open up more system security ideas.

First, Vista clone

Backup data

The Vista backup system has been provided with a system backup tool "Windows Complete PC" for easy backup of the system.
First open "Windows Complete PC" in "Maintenance" → "Backup and Restore Center" in System Tools
.
Click "Backup Computer" in the backup window, select "On Hard Disk
" and select the partition with the largest available space. This partition will be used to save the backup file. The system partition must be backed up by default. . After the backup is completed, a "WindowsImageBackup" folder will be generated under the specified partition, which is the backup file of the Vista system.

However, the Vista system backup file made with the "Windows Complete PC" tool is very large (who makes Vista so big), if you want to reduce its footprint, you can use the NTFS partition special "compression The "disk space" function, after all, this file is not called frequently.

Restoring Data
If you use the "Windows Complete PC Restore" function on the Vista installation CD to restore it every time, it is very inconvenient. We can extract the "Windows RE System Repair" tool and install it to The hard disk
is directly restored.

Copy the boot.sdi file in the boot folder of the CD and the boot.wim under the Source folder to the root directory of the D drive.

To create a new text, enter the following:

@echo off

REM
REM
REM
set RAMDISK_OPTIONS=

REM
REM , GUID for the WinPE boot entry
REM

set WINPE_GUID=

REM
REM Set Timeout
REM

bcdedit. Exe -timeout 5

REM
REM Create Ramdisk device options for the boot.sdi file
REM
bcdedit.exe -create %RAMDISK_OPTIONS% -d "Ramdisk Device Options" -device< BR>bcdedit.exe -set %RAMDISK_OPTIONS% ramdisksdidevice partition=D:
bcdedit.exe -set %RAMDISK_OPTIONS% ramdisksdipath \\boot.sdi

REM
REM Create WinRE boot entry
REM

bcdedit.exe -create %WINPE_GUID% -d "System Repair" -application OSLOADER
bcdedit.exe -set %WINPE_GUID% device ramdisk=[D:]\\winre.wim,%RAMDISK_OPTIONS%< BR>bcdedit.exe -set %WINPE_GUID% path \\Windows\\system32\\boot\\winload.exe
bcdedit.exe -set %WINPE_GUID% osdevice ramdisk=[D:]\\winre.wim,%RAMDISK_OPTIONS%
Bcdedit.exe -set %WINPE_GUID% systemroot \\Windows
bcdedit.exe -set %WINPE_GUID% detecth Al yes
bcdedit.exe -set %WINPE_GUID% nx optin
bcdedit.exe -set %WINPE_GUID% winpe yes

bcdedit.exe -displayorder %WINPE_GUID% /addlast
pause

Save to "D:\\fix.cmd". Then run as an administrator.

Restart the computer, you will see a fix option in the boot menu, select to enter the Vista installation interface. After clicking the "Repair Computer" option, click the "Windows Complete PC Restore" option in the window and follow the wizard prompts to select the previous Vista backup to restore the system.

Second, WinPE calls Ghost
Vista WinPE Plus! is a mini version of Windows XP system, integrated with Ghost 11.0 program, can be started directly from hard disk
after installation, no need to use Any external device can perform Ghost backup and restore of Windows Vista system, which is easier to use.
Use the virtual optical drive
program to read the WinPE_Plus.iso image file. Disabling Vista's UAC and running the "Install WINPE.CMD" file will open a command prompt window and follow the prompts to enter "UAC" at the cursor.



When booting into the operating system
selection screen, there will be more "WINPE PLUS!" boot option, select it to enter the mini version of Windows XP system. Open "Ghost11" on the desktop "CHOST32.EXE", so that you can complete the backup and restore.

Special note: If you are using Windows XP and Windowv Vista dual system, you need to install under Windows XP. Use the virtual CD-ROM program to read the "WinPE_Plus.iso" file and double-click the "Install WINPE.CMD" file to complete the installation automatically.

With these methods, we can get rid of the shackles of the CD, and the backup of the system can be done with ease and flexibility. It not only improves the backup speed, but also guarantees the security of the data.