Vista system data backup in an unconventional state

Vista clone backup data

Once upon a time, the NTFS partition format made Ghost slightly helpless, but the latest Ghost already supports NTFS partition, but under Windows Vista, it can only be used. The Vista installation CD or CD-ROM version of the Ghost tool for system backup and restore is very troublesome. We will explore different Vista system backup and restore technologies below, and open up more system security ideas.

First, Vista clone

Backup data

Vista system has provided a system backup tool "Windows Complete PC", which can be easily used on the system. Make a backup.

First open the "Windows Complete PC" in the "Maintenance" → "Backup and Restore Center" in the system tool.

Click "Backup Computer" in the backup window, select "On the 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.

If you use the "Windows Complete PC Restore" function in 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 to restore it directly. jobs.

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.