On the other hand, however, file backup software performs generally better than disk backup when backing up data disks.īackupChain offers disk to disk backup, also known as disk cloning, as well as disk image backup. Traditional file backup tools do not cover these areas and are hence not suited for backing up entire operating systems. A system backup backs up the partition layout, boot sectors, relevant IDs, and hidden and encrypted disk areas as well. Disk image backup can be used to create a full backup of a disk, sector-by-sector, with all of its contents that is stored as a single file. In order to be able to move your Windows installation and all applications to another disk or completely new hardware, you need to either clone the hard drive or run a full Windows system backup. Use BackupChain Disk Backup for a Complete Server Backup
If any of the production servers go down, a single click boots the VM directly in Hyper-V on the backup server.
A set of virtual machines is already prepared and linked to the disk image files, ready to go. Many users set up a backup server with VMware or Hyper-V and share out a folder where other servers place their disk images. You can then immediately boot up the VM directly from the image backup folder. In addition, instantaneous recovery is possible by simply creating a new virtual machine and linking it to the disk image file/s created by BackupChain. Immediate Recovery: Boot from Backup or Mount Backup Imageĭisk images can be mounted directly in Windows or accessed via BackupChain’s main screen. In order to create a full system disk backup that contains the entire hard drive in a single disk image file, select ‘target is a disk image file’ in the screen shown below: If instead you wanted to clone a hard disk, you would select another disk as a target. The steps below are for the disk imaging option. A cloned hard disk, however, is already cloned so it’s ready to go. When you restore from total loss, you will need to copy the disk image contents to the new drive. An image backup is a file containing the contents of a disk. What is a disk image and what is a disk clone? A disk clone is a 1:1 copy of a disk on another disk, so that the clone can be used immediately to replace the original hard drive. Note that BackupChain supports MBR as well as GPT layouts and handles those automatically. In order to backup an entire hard drive, all you need to do is select the source disk and the target. Download BackupChain® Learn More How to Create a Full System Backup and Bootable Windows Image Backups
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