• Backup to an external drive and restore data from an external drive. Creating an exact copy of the system with all programs using Acronis True Image

    Imagine this situation: one day you turn on your computer and realize that the drive has died. Cinema and music are a profitable business, but documents and photographs will have to be restored using special services for a tidy sum with a far from 100% guarantee. World Backup Day, which is celebrated on March 31, is a good time to think about how to save your valuable data. Fortunately, you need very little to do this: a backup external hard a disk that costs less than the time and nerve cells spent in case of data loss.

    Backup is an important matter, and for this task it is more correct to consider first-tier manufacturers. There are only three of them: WD, Toshiba and Seagate. Line of portable hard drives WD My Passport celebrated its tenth anniversary last year. My Passport Ultra, if you look at it from above, it is indeed comparable in size to a regular passport and is enclosed in a durable plastic case with a nice, but completely unobtrusive pattern. There are as many as five colors to choose from: black, white, blue, red and grey.

    WD My Passport Ultra

    Inside the case is a 2.5-inch HDD with a capacity of 500 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB and a spindle speed of 5400 rpm. The average write and read speed is around 80 MB/s, but for backup this is not so important: since the process is long, run it better at night. Much more important is high-quality software, which WD has long paid close attention to. The disk is pre-installed with the SmartWare Pro program, with which even the most experienced users can easily and easily set up regular data backups. inexperienced user. By the way, if you use Dropbox, then SmartWare Pro can synchronize with this cloud storage.

    If you need a compact, but at the same time higher-capacity portable hard drive, this is a good choice. Toshiba Canvio Connect II(it will go on sale in April). The maximum memory capacity here reaches 3 TB and, I must admit, after the announcement I began to be a little jealous. The fact is that for backup I also use an HDD of similar capacity, only it is larger (3.5 inches versus 2.5 for Toshiba) and installed in a special box with a power supply. In short, the combination of size and capacity in the Canvio Connect II is very captivating.

    Toshiba Canvio Connect II

    In addition, the gadget has an excellent design: the disk is enclosed in a beautiful, streamlined plastic case; The color options are the same as those of the My Passport Ultra, except that instead of gray the manufacturer chose gold. The disk also comes pre-installed with software for setting up backups and organizing remote access to the data. Well, and one more bonus - 10 GB of Toshiba cloud storage for free (Dropbox, by the way, only gives 2 GB). Not as much as we would like, but enough to keep all the most valuable things.

    Portable hard drive Seagate Backup Plus Slim It differs from its two competitors primarily in its metal body. There are four color options: black, blue, silver and red. The storage capacity can be 500 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB, and backup helps you configure the Seagate Dashboard.

    Seagate Backup Plus Slim

    If your budget is choosing HDD for backup is not very limited, then in addition to saving data, you should think about the ease of working with it. You can pay attention to more expensive ones, wireless models, and kill a couple of extra birds with one stone.

    For example, a wireless hard drive not only creates and stores a backup copy of data, but also provides two additional benefits: it saves the user from unnecessary cables and acts as a portable “cloud”. Everything works very simply: inside this strict black box there is not only an HDD, but also a Wi-Fi module, which any user can connect to ( knows the password, of course) will have access to all files or specific folders.

    Toshiba Canvio AeroCast Wireless

    As a result, you can upload cartoons to Canvio AeroCast Wireless so that your child can watch them from a tablet at home, and download TV series for yourself and connect to the gadget from a laptop. You can take the device on the road, for example, to view documents from your smartphone. A full battery charge lasts for five hours. Plus, there is a small but extremely pleasant bonus for photographers: the case has a slot for SD memory cards, with which you can “transfer” pictures from the camera.

    WD also has its own portable wireless drive - this My Passport Wireless. The operating principle is similar, but there are a few interesting differences in the details. For example, a buyer can choose the capacity he needs from three options: 500 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB. Stated time battery life longer - i.e. up to six hours of video streaming or 20 hours of standby time. There is also an SD slot for quickly transferring videos and pictures, which is very convenient for photographers and owners of action cameras, and the maximum number of devices that can be connected to My Passport Wireless reaches eight.

    WD My Passport Wireless

    And, of course, software - here WD is again at its best. Everything is done so that any user can handle the technically difficult device. The proprietary control panel is very clear and convenient. In addition, all WD software is updated regularly.

    Wireless storage Seagate Wireless Plus is also worthy of attention, but loses to gadgets from WD and Toshiba in that it is not equipped with a slot for a memory card. In addition, there is no USB 3.0 connector on the device body. As a result, to connect Wireless Plus to a computer using a wire, you need to connect the case to a special adapter. This has advantages for advanced users who prefer FireWire or Thunderbolt, but the average user does not need all this at all.

    Seagate Wireless Plus

    On the other hand, with its main tasks - backup and file transfer to various devices- Wireless Plus does a good job. Access to information is provided through the nice SeagateMedia program, plus you can choose the most suitable storage capacity - 500 GB, 1 TB or 2 TB.

    As you can see, there are many worthy hard drives for backup - there is plenty to choose from. I will only add that before purchasing, you should take into account such an important factor as reliability. Sometimes analytical data appears on the Internet that allows you to get a rough idea of ​​​​this choice parameter. For example, test results from Backbaze, which collects statistics on drives. In 2014, she checked 41,213 devices: the most reliable were HGST hard drives (the brand belongs to the corporation Western Digital), and Seagate drives turned out to be the highest percentage of refusals. Of course, to form an objective assessment, it is better to look at several sources.

    We summarize by saying that under no circumstances should you neglect backup. World Backup Day was invented so that at least once a year users would find a reason to save important data: a couple of minutes (or hours) spent on backup will help save years of precious memories and gigabytes of important data.

    Disk backup- this is the creation of an exact logical (sector-by-sector) copy of the hard drive in the form of a file. Programs for hard drive backup must be able to create copies of boot and virtual disks. Handy Backup allows you to automate all operations to save your hard drive as a file.

    What is disk backup: key features of the HDD backup program

    The program should be able to select any hard drive for backup, including disks connected via a network, via a USB interface or local. The program must also be able to create backups of virtual disks.

    Automation of the hard drive backup procedure

    Backup hard drive ( hard drive backup) should be automated whenever possible, including automatic start backup tasks once every certain time or when connecting an external hard drive USB drive, as well as starting missed tasks.

    Secure storage of disk backups

    A hard drive backup may contain dangerous or important information, so the program must be able to protect it by encrypting HDD backups. In addition, the program must support various storage media, for example, Yandex.Disk clouds, Dropbox or FTP server.

    Benefits of Handy Backup

    Managing the launch of hard drive backup tasks according to schedule

    Run your tasks in specified time at intervals from months to minutes, or when a system event occurs, for example, creating an automatic backup when connecting a USB HDD drive to PC.

    Hard drive backup security tools

    Built-in algorithms for data encryption and information transmission over encrypted channels (including support for SFTP and FTPS protocols, as well as calling external programs encryption).

    "Hot" and silent hard drive backup

    The program uses the VSS service to receive data for disk backup without stopping its operation. In addition, the program can be run in "silent" background mode as a Windows service.

    Network drive backup

    Video tutorial on creating a hard drive backup and restoring it

    This video describes how to create a backup and restore hard drive using the Disk Image plugin and the HBDR utility. The Handy Backup interface is shown in English, but for Russian the steps are similar. The interface of the Handy Backup Disaster Recovery utility is available only in English!

    Attention: This video instruction assumes that the Handy Backup software is already installed on the computer, and the Handy Backup Disaster Recovery utility is already installed on the USB drive. If this is not the case, please download and install Handy Backup and Disaster Recovery before starting, according to the video instructions.

    Handy Backup provides convenient and secure automatic hard drive backup. Try it now by downloading a 30-day free version of the program with a full set of features!

    Many users are accustomed to storing contacts, documents and photos in a single copy - in the device’s memory. However, the safety of data in this case is minimal, because at any time the information can be damaged by a technical failure or the actions of malicious software. A backup will help protect you from losing important files. What is it and how to make a backup on popular systems Windows and Android, this article will tell you.

    Backup is a backup

    A backup (from the English back up) is a full or partial backup copy of any data, for example, an operating system, programs, user documents. Such an archive allows you to restore information after technical failures or equipment breakdowns. Also, using backup tools, you can automate the process of transferring settings and programs from one device to another. This allows you to get two systems with an identical set of applications and parameters without manual configuration.

    How to make a backup on a Windows computer

    You can create a backup standard means Windows OS. Starting with Windows 7, there is a “Backup and Restore” item in the control panel - it is with this that the user has access to the functions of creating backup copies.

    For backup system partition you need to complete the following steps:


    After graduation copying backup It is recommended to create a system partition boot disk, allowing you to quickly restore the OS in case of technical problems. To do this you need to follow three simple steps:

    1. In the “Backup and Restore” window, in the menu on the left, select the “Create a system repair disk” option;
    2. Specify the disc recording device (if there are several);
    3. Click the “Create Disk” button and wait until the image is completed.

    The following video tutorial demonstrates in detail the process of creating a backup in Windows:

    Disadvantage this method is that the backup includes only files on the system partition. But what if you want to make a copy of other disks as well? Microsoft provides a free solution for this - the RichCopy program (https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/magazine/2009.04.utilityspotlight). It allows you to transfer files and directories while maintaining the structure and attributes. Copying is multi-threaded (which speeds up the process of information transfer) and fault-tolerant (if errors occur, the operation does not stop). I hope it’s clear to you that this is a backup and why you need to do it.

    How to make a backup on Android smartphones

    Modern mobile phones contain no less (and sometimes more) important data and applications. That's why regular means Android also allows you to perform a backup.

    1. To do this, you need to open the Backup and Restore application.
    2. Specify the location where the archive will be saved (usually an SD card) and select what data will be included in the copy.
    3. After this, all that remains is to click on the “Create a backup copy” button and wait for the operation to complete.
    4. If necessary, the archive can be protected with a password.

    The process of creating a backup on Android is clearly shown in the following video:

    Special project with Acronis

    We all sooner or later face the need for backup. And believe me: better early than late. Once upon a time, in 2009, I lost all my data. Back then I made backups on DVD-R/RW, which was not very convenient, so they were rarely made. Some of the data was sent by colleagues (it’s good that they kept it), but a lot of it was lost. It was from that time that I regularly make backups, and today we will talk about searching perfect product for the family budget.

    Where will we store backups?

    Before choosing software, we need to decide where we will store the backup. You understand that DVD-R is of little use for backup. Firstly, it is small, secondly, it is slow, and thirdly, it is noisy. And since I switched to laptops a very long time ago and I don’t recognize stationary devices at all (although I have them on the farm), I had to buy several external drives. First 250 GB, then larger.

    I did not consider the cloud for one simple reason - there is not enough space:

    You understand that even 15 GB is not enough, especially if the minimum size of the external screw available on the farm is 250 GB. Extra space? You could, of course, pay $2 a month for 100 GB of storage. Google Drive or 10 dollars for an additional 1 TB, but 100 GB will not save me, and 1 TB is a little expensive. Ideally, 500 GB would be suitable for 2-3 dollars per month :)

    Later, the family acquired two Android smartphones and one tablet, from which they also made backups to an external screw from time to time, the old fashioned way (after all, I was used to just such a process). Here one could safely use the cloud, but habit is a strong thing.

    Search for backup software

    Now we come to the most interesting part. How to make a backup?

    In principle, you can use the free Clonezilla. The capabilities of this program, if not impressive, are at least quite good. Here are some of them that I consider the most important:

    • support for Linux/macOS/Windows file systems: from ext2 to ext4, xfs, jfs, FAT16, FAT32, NTFS, HFS (macOS);
    • MBR and GPT support;
    • support for data encryption (AES 256);
    • the ability to deploy one image to several local devices;
    • support for SSH, Samba, WebDAV and NFS.

    If you need to make a backup of a server in a corporate environment, and even on a shared server - best option can't be found. For cloning systems in the case of deploying one operating system on many machines with the same configuration, that’s it: they brought in a fleet of computers, installed an axis on one of them, configured everything, made an image of it and deployed it to other computers. An admin's dream!

    I have also been familiar with Acronis products for a long time, but mainly with server versions. I won’t compare them with Clonezilla now, since we are talking about home backup: after all, you have one or two computers and several Android devices at home; you don’t need to constantly create images of all these devices. In general, CloneZilla is not suitable for home use. Once, I remember, I used it to make a backup at home when I was changing system disk to disk larger size and I was too lazy to reinstall all the systems. Then this program, of course, saved me.

    CloneZilla good program, but it’s 2016 and I want something more modern, but she’s stuck in the past. I want some kind of automation, management of backups from all devices, including mobile ones, I want to copy photos from my profile on social networks, I want to search inside the backup copy in order to find required file. I want a lot of things. Sometimes I even think about buying a NAS specifically for storing backups.

    Actually, I started searching for the ideal software for myself. I came across the “File History” function in Windows 8/10. I somehow missed “Eight”, and “Ten” is installed on only one computer. Although File History was created in the image and likeness of Apple Time Machine and should be convenient, in practice it turned out to be not very convenient to use, moreover, with computers running the “seven” and Android smartphones it is not compatible.


    If anyone is interested, while I was looking necessary software, all this time I was making backups using Total Commander by simply copying files. But this is very inconvenient. Firstly, no automation: you need to go to each computer with an external screw and make a backup. Secondly, irrational use of space. I didn't use compression. Why? Yes, because I periodically need to search for information on a backup. Have you tried searching for something in an archive of several GB in size?

    Quite by accident I remembered Acronis True Image and discovered that version 2017 has been released. Let's see what it can do now:

    It looks like the perfect backup software exists! However, it’s not very ideal, but I’ll tell you about the shortcomings later, but for now I’ll brag about the capabilities: Acronis True Image 2017 is a completely modern backup program, and unlike ancient software like CloneZilla, it has everything you might need to modern man. This is what I personally really liked...

    Firstly, saving space on the screws that are used for backup. The backup is made in compressed form, but Acronis allows you to search inside the backup.


    Secondly, now I don’t have to worry about the data on mobile devices Oh. Over the past two years, two microSD cards have failed: one on my wife’s phone, the other on her tablet. One photograph was at least partially saved, but the second was not, it “died” completely. Acronis True Image 2017 allows you to backup an unlimited number of Android/iOS mobile devices to your local computer.

    Thirdly, you can (as I already noted) remotely control the backup on all home devices. Using the web panel, you can check the status of backups and configure data protection in real time.

    Fourthly, there is support for copying Facebook profile content. A lot of information is now published on social networks: photos, videos, comments. A backup of this data will protect against page hacking or accidental deletion.

    Finally, cloud orientation. I couldn’t even imagine that Acronis now has such powerful cloud support: by purchasing a subscription, you get 500 GB cloud space! This volume is quite enough for me for home purposes (unless, of course, I upload entire hard drive images to the cloud, although Acronis allows this too).

    About the disadvantages

    Everything has its drawbacks. I hope the Acronis developers will listen to the criticism. Personally, I didn’t like two things about the program.

    The first is the lack of Linux support. Data stored in Linux will have to be done the old fashioned way: either by copying, or using Clonezilla by creating an image of the partition with the data (fortunately, I have /home on a separate partition, out of habit).

    Second - lack of support from others social networks, except Facebook. I think, however, that over time it will appear. But whether Linux support will appear is a question. Of course, Acronis has a Linux Server product, but I don’t want to use it for several reasons: firstly, using the server version for home use is tantamount to firing a cannon at sparrows, secondly, you don’t want to pay for another product (which is at least 792 rubles per month), and thirdly, you want everything to be managed from one product.

    About the price

    We all know that Acronis has never been free. However, the prices also pleasantly surprised me: on the official website there is a calculator that allows you to find out how much Acronis will cost you.


    A one-time license for 1 computer (the number of mobile devices is unlimited) will cost 1,700 rubles (approximately $27 at the current exchange rate). But it’s more profitable to buy a subscription: in this case, you will get both the program itself and 500 GB of cloud storage. The cost of a yearly subscription will cost 1,400 rubles. (~22$), for two years - only 2000 rubles (~32$), which is approximately 1.83$ or 1.33$ per month. For that kind of money you can only buy 100 GB of storage space. Google Drive! And here I got an excellent backup tool + 500 GB in the cloud.

    If we calculate a more realistic configuration: 3 computers and 1 TB in the cloud, then a subscription for a year will cost 2400 rubles, and for 2 years - 3600 rubles. Only 150 rubles per month compared to 600 rubles for 1 TB on Google Drive! To me, the conclusion was obvious. 150 rubles - an amount quite affordable for home user, this will not hit the family budget.

    Very often during the operation of a computer a situation arises when it is necessary to reinstall the operating system. And this can lead to a lot of troubles, since all programs installed during the operation of the PC will be lost along with the OS. And if reinstalling Windows takes a little over one hour, it can take days or even weeks to find all the necessary software. However, this problem is easily solved thanks to special software that allows you to create a backup in advance. copy of hard disk.

    Backing up a hard drive is classified as a preventative measure, which is a very labor-intensive process. After all, simply clearing the tin of accumulated debris is sometimes not enough. Sometimes it becomes necessary to configure normal work some applications or install a more recent driver version. Absolutely all users face these challenges. However, the most advanced ones approach the task more intelligently and optimize this process by backing up the most important files and programs.

    This approach allows you to optimize the process of operating your computer and save a lot of time when servicing the device. After all, as statistics show, every user very rarely uses programs from other developers and gives preference to more familiar and time-tested utilities. Therefore, the optimal solution in the event of a crash of the operating system would be to reinstall it incompletely, and restore it using a backup copy to a working state, preserving all installed programs. And this procedure takes much more time than doing everything from scratch.

    There is a special category of software designed to create a backup copy of a physical or logical partition. All of them are almost identical, have a similar set of tools and are completely free, and the main difference is in the interface of the working window. One of the most common programs in this category on the RuNet, which even novice users know about, is Acronis. The program has simple interface, great functionality, however, for the right to use it you must purchase a license. However, this utility has many analogues that perform similar operations and are free. It is about them that we will talk in our article today.

    Redo Backup

    This utility has become widespread among many novice users thanks to minimum set the most important tools, high reliability and an intuitive interface. The program works in Linux environment, does not load the system and contains a minimal amount of information.

    Among the main features that the utility is endowed with are the creation of backup copies of physical partitions, the ability to roll back all HDD parameters to factory settings, collection detailed statistics about the status of the hard drive, partition editor, recovery deleted files, integrated into the utility graphic and text editor document viewer and file manager.

    When creating an image of one of the partitions of a permanent storage device, you can specify one of the available logical partitions, any external drive with the required amount of data as the storage location. free space or remote computer. The program packs the image very tightly, so you can even save it to a regular CD or an old USB flash drive with a capacity of 2 gigabytes.

    AOMEI Backupper

    This program has several editions, two of which are freely available. It is worth noting that one of them is intended for the elderly Windows versions, and the second - for seven and above. As for the set of tools and functionality, both versions of the program are almost identical and allow you to perform similar operations with hard drives. As for the commercial edition, its main advantage is the ability to create an image of a hard drive partition through incremental copying, during which copies are created only of files changed during the operation of the operating system. This allows you to significantly reduce the time it takes to create a disk image. In addition to this, in paid version implemented the ability to backup via local network, and also supports work via the command line.

    According to the developers themselves, the paid license works many times faster than its free counterparts. However, in practice this difference is not significant, so there is no point in paying for this program.

    If we compare this utility with Redo Backup, discussed earlier, AOMEI Backupper has much more advanced functionality. For example, this program can create a disk image in different ways: using the cloning method, by copying content from one partition to another, creating a standard image in which all data is combined in one file. In addition, the utility supports setting the compression ratio, which allows you to, if necessary, control the size of the image in order to save free space.

    To further work with the image, it must be written to a CD or flash drive. In most cases, to implement this, you need to install special utilities, however, AOMEI Backupper supports writing an image to a USB drive, so installing additional software is not required.

    It is also worth noting that the utility allows you to pre-configure the process of creating a hard drive image. For example, the user can tell the program to create copies only of used files that are stored in the affected sectors of the HDD. This allows you to significantly reduce the image size. In addition, you can manually adjust the degree of file compression.

    Clonezilla

    Another app for creating an image HDD partitions, available in free access. Its creator is private programmer Stephen Shiau, originally from Taiwan. Despite the fact that the utility was created on open source, it has a very complex interface, or rather, it would be even more accurate to say that there is practically no interface at all, so it will be very problematic for inexperienced users to understand how to work with it. The entire process of working with the program is carried out using text commands. The program has Russian localization, so it will be easy to use for domestic users. You can specify the required language at the very beginning of the backup process.

    One of the main advantages of this utility is the maximum level of localization. It can work with all desktop operating systems that exist today and supports all modern file systems.

    To create bootable flash drive, first of all, you need to download the installer to your computer from the official Internet resource of the developer. Type installation package depends on the operating system installed on your computer. It is worth noting that if the secure boot function is activated on your OS, then you need to download a separate distribution designed for Linux operating systems.

    The installation file will be downloaded to zip format. After the download process is completed, you need to unpack its contents onto a USB flash drive, and then run the makeboot.bat file.

    A backup can be created in two modes: in the form in which the system is presented on the computer (i.e., with all folders and individual files) or as a single file. Regardless of the form in which you create an image of the logical partition, using each of them you can subsequently restore the OS. The utility has very good functionality and practically does not consume hardware resources, so it can be used even on weak machines.

    However, the program also has one drawback, namely, it creates a full backup of the entire logical partition, so the volume of the external data storage device must be equal to the amount of space occupied by the operating system.

    It is worth noting that a regular and server version of Clonezilla is available. The second is designed to work over a network and allows simultaneous copying on multiple computers connected over a local network.

    Backup & Recovery 14 free version

    The arsenal of software from the Paragon studio contains a lot of useful free and commercial utilities created for the Windows OS, one of which is Backup & Recovery 14 Free Edition, with which users can create an image of the operating system.

    The program is free, however, it can be used exclusively for non-commercial purposes. Today the developer has created a newer version with a paid license, however, old version still does not lose its relevance. At the same time, it works excellently not only with the seven, but also with newer versions of Windows operating systems.

    It is worth noting that in free version Most of the tools are locked, and to use them you need to update the utility to a commercial version, however, they are quite sufficient for backing up the system. In addition to the main function, using the program you can control various parameters of logical partitions, for example, assign a different letter, perform a check file system, hide section from prying eyes and some other operations.

    In the main menu of the program there is an integrated utility designed to create an image of the system partition. Before creating an image, the user can specify the type of operating system, image storage location, and a set of drivers necessary devices, which will be included in the image, local network connection settings and many other parameters. The image is saved in the standard ISO format, supported by most modern programs.

    The utility can work in two modes: firstly, the image can be created standard method, which implies saving the image file to any other logical partition of the computer or external drive, and secondly, the file can be saved to a virtual disk created by the utility itself, in order to save it in one place large quantity backup copies. This approach is very useful, since there is no need to create a separate directory and constantly move files into it from other sections.

    The big advantage of this utility over other programs in this category is the increased level of security. Its essence lies in the fact that when this function is activated, the backup copy is placed in the so-called capsule, located in hidden section hard drive to which user access is blocked.

    It is worth noting that the utility has two interfaces: standard and tiled. In addition to differences in design and ergonomics, standard interface may be unstable. This manifests itself in the following: when creating an OS image Windows family, the program can produce system error and interrupt the image creation process. The reason for this is unknown, however, the problem can be solved very easily. If, while creating an image of a logical hard drive partition, the process was interrupted by the utility, you need to restart the application in tiled mode. After this, no problems will arise during the operation of the utility.

    The software works reliably with all types of HDD, regardless of the cluster size and the file system used.

    DriveImage XML

    The DriveImage XML program was developed by Runtime Software, which is known to most users as a manufacturer of utilities for recovering deleted files. The company is the author of many software products, however, they did not receive much recognition from users for various reasons. Nevertheless, the utility for creating a hard drive image, DriveImage XML, is a very useful and practical solution that is used by many Russian-speaking users. The main reason why the utility has become widespread is its accessibility.

    To use the program, it is not necessary to install it on your computer, since the developer has provided the ability for the utility to work in a Linux environment. It is worth noting that of all the backup tools discussed in our article today, this utility has the widest range of tools and the greatest functionality.

    By and large, this program is a set of utilities that allow you to back up your hard drive, restore deleted files, check logical partitions for errors, defragment, format, delete existing and create new partitions, change the volume label and much more. Such a large set of tools and functionality is not found in any utility that is freely available on the Internet these days.

    In addition, on the official Internet resource of the company you can download an installation file, which is a set of programs, which, in addition to the utility mentioned above, includes a set of programs for viewing Internet sites, working with multimedia content and text files.

    The algorithm is implemented in Runtime Software shadow copying, which allows you to create a backup copy of entire hard drive partitions, including files located in the system and hidden partitions that are not visible in the operating system. The final hard drive image consists of two files: the first has an xml extension and is a description of the created image, and the second is assigned the dat format, which directly acts as backup copy all files stored on the logical partition. Tools integrated into the utility and some functions that are tied to standard services operating system, the programs may not work during operation, however, the developer himself warns about this, so if you are faced with the fact that some functionality of Runtime Software is unavailable, do not be alarmed, the utility is fully functional.

    Conclusion

    Utilities designed to backup a system partition are a universal solution that can be used not only to roll back a crashed operating system to a working state, but also to ensure the safety of important information that you want to save no matter what. For example, nowadays everyone uses digital cameras, and the captured images are stored on the computer’s hard drive. Imagine what would happen if malicious software entered your PC and damaged or completely deleted your treasured memories? And with the help of the applications discussed in this article, you can ensure complete safety not only of photographs that capture all the most pleasant and important moments from your life, but also other important information. And this opportunity is available to you completely free of charge.

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