Category: Free Backup Software

How to Backup Files and Folder with EaseUS Todo Backup

In this article, we will provide you with steps to Backup Files and Folder with EaseUS Todo Backup on your own. Do you know how to backup files/folders on your system in Windows 11/10/8? And what is the best method to backup files/folders on a laptop or computer?

Backup Files and Folder with EaseUS

To start the backup process, click on the add backup option.

Click on the Select backup contents button.

Four data backup categories are available (File, Disk, OS, and Mail). Click on the file.

Here, you can see both local and network files. Expand the folders so that you can select the files to back up, and then click OK.

Choose the destination where you wish to save the backup. Select the destination

You can save the backup file on your system, in EaseUS’s cloud, or on a NAS. Select one

EaseUS Todo Backup enables customers to save backup copies of the files/folders on the company’s own cloud storage or a third-party cloud drive.
If you would like to backup your files/folder data on a third-party cloud drive, choose Local Drive and then scroll down to add Cloud Drive. Then, fill in your account credentials.
I am using my external drive. Click ok

Please ensure the backup is encrypted and click on the options to set the backup schedule.

You can also select to start the backup at a specific time. There are many different options that you can look into. After configuring, click on ok

Then select the Backup Now button to start a backup. Files and folder backup is in progress.

Once the backup process is done, it will show as a card on your left-hand side of the EaseUS screen. A right-click will allow you to see others about handling the backup job in more detail.

You can download EasUS Backup.

22/09/2024
How to Restore System Image using EaseUS Todo Backup

In this guide, I will show you how to restore system image using EaseUS Todo Backup image. If your old hard disk is damaged, we need to migrate our old system to the new system or the new hardware with dissimilar configurations. Deploy the same operating system on several computers and restore the backup image of the Windows operating system to different hardware. It seems like the task is very tough and terrible. Now, you do not need to worry about it. The EaseUS Todo Backup can simply restore the operating system to dissimilar hardware. You can transfer your Windows operating system to another computer and migrate the system from physical to virtual.

You can download EaseUS Todo Backup from their official website.

Restore System Image using EaseUS

Restore the System to Dissimilar Hardware using EaseUS Todo Backup

Before restoring your computer to dissimilar hardware or another computer, please make sure the two things. You should have a system image backup, and the driver is agreeable with the hardware. If there aren’t drivers compatible with the computer hardware. Then you have to identify where to find the drivers for the hardware manually.
First, you need to create a bootable CD/DVD or USB media. Then boot the system, and the screen will guide you to enter the EaseUS Todo Backup.

In the EaseUS Todo Backup interface, click on the Browse to Recover button.

I have my system backup on an external drive.

Select the EaseUS backup image and then click ok.

Now you can see the backup date, select the checkbox and then click next.

Select the disk where you want to recover it and then click next.

Read the warning message and click yes.

Review the source and target disk and then click Proceed.

Click Reboot

Now, start restoring the image.

EaseUS Todo Backup Image successfully restored.

If the disk is not initialized

You can initialize the disk via the system control panel, disk management.

19/09/2024
How to Clone Disk with EaseUS Todo Backup

In this article, we will look at how to Clone Disk with EaseUS Todo Backup. Having a full backup of your system files is imperative. No one needs to lose their data. Your data contains valuable information that you want to keep a record of. Backing up your system data is the best way to keep you safe. With the new Windows 11 here, everybody is looking for Windows 11 data security solutions. EaseUS Todo Backup comes with various features.

Clone Disk or partition
Clone full System
Migrate HDD to SSD
Transfer Windows 11 to a different computer
Transfer Windows 11 operating system to a portable USB drive

Clone Disk with EaseUS Todo Backup

On the main EaseUS page, click on the Tools tab and then select Clone.

Choose the source disk/partition and then click next.

Then you need to select the target disk. Please ensure the target disk is larger than the source disk/partition. Click next

A warning message will inform you that cloning permanently deletes all data on the target disk/partition. If you wish to start cloning, then click Continue.

Review the source and target hard disk. Click Proceed

EaseUS Todo Backup cloning disk is in progress.

The cloning process was successfully completed.

How to Clone Windows OS using EaseUS Clone Software

If you want to clone the full Windows system only instead of the system disk, we recommend using the System Clone option. Follow the below steps to clone Windows 10.
Click on the Tools and then select System Clone.

EaseUS Todo Backup will automatically select the system boot and partition, select the target disk and then click on advanced options.

If your target disk is an SSD, select Optimize for SSD in the advanced options.

The system clone will delete all data.
Please ensure that the source disk and the target disk are the same. Click Continue

Click Proceed to start cloning.

After the EaseUS todo backup clone system is done, you need to reboot the system and continue to use Windows 10 on your new hard drive or SSD without reinstallation. Then you need to remove the source disk or use it for data storage on your computer.

17/09/2024
How to Create Emergency Disk EaseUS Todo Backup

In this article, I am going to create emergency disk EaseUS todo backup and explain why we need to create an EaseUS Bootable USB or WinPE Bootable Disc. When our operating system cannot boot, or we need to migrate the system to another system, we may need an EaseUS emergency disk. We must run EaseUS todo Backup and recover system/data from the EaseUS Image backup.

Create an Emergency Disk EaseUS Bootable USB

Follow the below steps to create EaseUS bootable USB media.
Open EaseUS Todo Backup, click on the Tools tab and then select Create Emergency Disk.

To create an EaseUS emergency disk, click Create Now.

Create a WinPE emergency disk, you can choose the USB or CD/DVD option. I am going to create an ISO file, and then I will create an EaseUS bootable USB or CD/DVD. Click Create

If you get this window (which requires Microsoft WinPE tools), you need to install the Windows Assessment and Deployment Kit.

If you would like to add drivers, then select the add driver checkbox. Click Create

Start Creating EaseUS emergency disk.

WinPE ISO has been successfully created.

Now, you can connect the target USB or CD/DVD disk to the computer and burn ISO files to make it bootable.

13/09/2024
How to Mount an Image in Macrium Reflect

I will show you how to mount an image in Macrium Reflect as a Windows drive. By mounting the file in Windows Explorer, we can explore or browse a backup or an image. The Macrium backed-up image is mapped to a temporary drive letter that we can access just like any other drive.

Download Macrium Reflect from their website.

Mount an Image in Macrium Reflect

Go to the location of the image you want to mount.
Right-click the image file and then choose Explore Image.

Select the partition checkbox you want to mount and then click ok.
In this instance, the image only shows one partition.
We can also choose which Drive Letter we would like to be assigned.
Click ok

To enable access to restricted folders, the option mounts the image with full NTFS permissions to all folders in the image. This means we can browse Macrium images created on another system without having to grant NTFS access.

To make the writable, make the option the mounted folder system for the movement writable. This is useful when accessing folders in the image where the opening software is required to write to the file.

Now we can navigate through the image in Windows Explorer.

Using Macrium to Mount an Image

In the Macrium Reflect window, click on the Restore tab and then select explore the image.

How to Unmount Temporary Mounted Drive

In Windows Explorer
To detach a temporarily mounted drive in Windows Explorer, right-click on the drive you want to unmount.
Click on Macrium Reflect, and then click Unmount Macrium Image.

Detach Image Using Macrium Reflect

In the Macrium Reflect interface, select the Restore tab in the top menu and then choose Image Detach.

Choose the drive letter you want to unmount and click detach.

Problems mounting images in Macrium
If you face any problem mounting Macrium backup images, it is possible that the backup image mounting system driver has failed to load correctly. To fix this issue, you are recommended to reinstall Macrium Reflect software.

11/09/2024
How to Restore File and Folder using Macrium Reflect

In this guide, I will restore File and Folder using Macrium Reflect backups and not an image backup. If you would like to restore image backups, then follow this to restore a system image. When we restore a file and folder from the backup, we can restore files/folders to their original location or restore the files/folder to a different location. Please read my previous blog on backing files and folders in Macrium Reflect.

Restore Files and Folder using Macrium Reflect

Open Macrium Reflect and click on the Existing Backup tab.
Click on the File and Folder tab and then select Browse for backup files…

Locate the file and folder backup you wish to restore, and then click ok.
It will added to the list of file and folder backups in the bottom half of the window.

Click on the Restore button to start the files and folder recovery process.

Select the files and folders that are to be restored. You may restore all the files/folders as shown in this guide or select individual directories and files you want to restore. Click next

Choose the options where you want the files restored. By default, documents will be restored to their original location; you can restore them to a new location. Click next

Review the files and folder restore summary window, and then click finish.

Restoring Files and folders is in progress.

Macrium Reflect successfully restored files and folder, so click OK.

Click close.

Download Macrium Reflect from their website.

09/09/2024
How to Restore System image using Macrium Reflect

In this article, I will show you how to restore system image using Macrium Reflect. If your system detects a virus or has other application or data problems, you may need to restore it to its earlier state. Using Macrium Reflect, you can restore disks and partitions, including your system partition. During the restore, if the Macrium Reflect restore includes system partitions, the system boots into a memory resident Windows PE environment before recovering the system partitions and restarts to the restored system state.

Restore System image using Macrium Reflect

How to Restore Disks or Partitions

In the Macrium Reflect main interface, click the Exciting backup option and then select Browse for an image file under the image tab.

You can sort the images by filename, date, or location by clicking the relevant link. You can select the list by backup disk, and add additional folders to the search.
Select an image and then click ok.

Click on the Restore button.

As you control partitions, the destination disk area shows a representation of the final state of the target. No changes are made until you click on next.

On the Partition Properties dialog, you can alter the drive letter, partition type, and partition size. Click the Maximum, Minimum and Original size buttons to adjust the partition size, or manually adjust the partition size and free space.

Here, you can confirm the source and destination disk. Click the Select a different target disk link if you would like to change the destination disk. Select the disk you would like to restore to and then click next.

Click on advanced options.

Here, you can configure different options.

After configuring the Macrium Reflect advanced options, click next.
Click yes to build the rescue media boot menu.

Windows PE restore options, select the automatic boot checkbox and then click on run from Windows PE.

Click on restart now.

Searching for plug-and-play devices.

Restoring the Image is in progress.

Your PC will reboot.

07/09/2024
How to Restore Backup Image Using Clonezilla

Let’s have a look at how to restore backup image using Clonezilla. With the bootable Clonezilla USB flash inserted into your system. Please power on your system and use either the F2, Del, or other keys to enter the system BIOS. You need to make sure that your boot priority is the Clonezilla bootable USB disk upon launch and this will then run Clonezilla.

Restore Backup Image Using Clonezilla

Connect the external USB hard drive which contains the backup data for restoration.
Boot the computer by the Clonezilla live CD and then choose Clonezilla live.

Select the language then select ok.

Clonezilla keyboard configuration, click ok.

Default settings hit enter.

Select device-image work with disks …… and then press enter.

Click on local_dev Use local device and press enter.
Then follow the instruction to insert the external USB disk if your USB hard drive is not connected. Press enter to continue.

First, check your backed up image drive is connected, then press Ctrl C

Choose the right image backup disk and then hit enter.

Skip checking/repairing ….

Select clonezilla image repository and hit enter.

Click on done and then press enter to continue.

Choose Beginner mode

Select savedisk options and hit enter.

Select the right image and press enter.

Now choose the right source disk where you want to restore.

Choose the compression option.

Skip checking/repairing source file option

Yes, check the saved image.

Select not to encrypt the image.

Click on ok to continue or select Poweroff to shutdown the machine.
Press enter to continue

Review the details of target disk and then press Y to proceed the restoration if it is correct.
Wait the backup procedure is completed.

Wait the backup procedure is completed.

Now Remove the Clonezilla CD/DVD or bootable USB drive and then press ok to power off the computer to complete the disk restoration.

05/09/2024
How to Backup Files and Folders in Macrium Reflect

Let’s look at how to backup files and folders in Macrium Reflect. File and folder backup is a helpful way to backup our files, personal files, and data. Unlike other backup solutions, Macrium Reflect can backup open and locked files using the Microsoft Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS). We can back up our Documents folder and save the backup as an XML file for re-running and scheduling.

To backup the whole Windows operating system, do not take a files and folders backup; instead, use a system image backup (see create system backup image). The file-and-folder backup isn’t suitable for restoring the Windows operating system.

Backup Files and Folders in Macrium Reflect

From the Create Backup task menu, click on Create a File and Folder backup.

A file and folder backup window appears. Choose the folder you wish to backup or the folder containing the files you wish to backup, and then click OK.

If you want to add further folders if necessary, click on add source folders.
In the Destination folder, specify where you want the backup saved.

Select the backup disk (USB external drive or shared folder) and then click next.

Type a backup file name and then click on advanced options.

Here, you can configure advanced options.

Click next.

Select the template for your backup plan.

Define retention rules and then click next.

The file and folder backup summary window gives the details of what is being backed up. Click finish.

The backup Save Options window lets you save the backup options as a re-usable XML definition file. Enter a file and folder backup name, and then click ok.

Files and folder backup is in progress.

Files and folder backup was completed successfully. Click OK.

Macrium reflect backup completed successfully, click close.

04/09/2024
How to Clone a Disk with Macrium Reflect

In this article, we will learn how to clone a disk with Macrium Reflect. We can clone to a hard disk installed in our system or to a hard disk installed in a USB pin drive. It is possible to clone an entire system or specific volume on a hard drive. Macrium Reflect is a useful tool if you are upgrading to a larger hard drive. Using Macrium Reflect we can boot the target drive on the same computer after cloning a hard drive. Cloning the hard drive creates a bootable new hard disk with the state of our system at the time we undertook the clone.

If we clone our computer disk to a USB-connected external drive then, to boot our clone, the system physical disk should be removed from the USB exclusion and then attached to the Motherboard SATA port.

Clone a Disk with Macrium Reflect

Click on the disk you want to clone in the main Macrium Reflect window and then click on Clone this disk..

In the Cloning Macrium reflect wizard, click on Select a disk to clone to…
Click on the hard disk you want to clone to. In this case, I have only one disk available.

After selecting the disk, click on next.

Schedule this clone window, the options are available (Add Schedule, Edit Schedule, and Delete Schedule). Click on add schedule.

Configure backup schedule settings and then click ok.

Review the clone summary settings and then click Finish.

In the Backup Save Options, verify the settings.
If you wish to run the clone right now then choose Run this backup now option.
Select save as a backup definition file option and then click ok.

A Warning will appear, if appropriate click Continue.
The target disk will be overwritten. This is unrecoverable, so please make sure that the target disk has no data.

The clone operation now starts.

Macrium Reflect clone completed, click ok.

Click close.

03/09/2024
How to Make Bootable Media using AOMEI Partition Assistant

In this article, I will explain how to make Bootable Media using AOMEI Partition Assistant. When your system fails to boot into Windows 7, 8, 10, and 11 you can use AOMEI Partition Assistant to make a bootable CD/DVD or USB to fix your Windows failure.

Creating a bootable media ISO file (CD/DVD or USB PIN drive) based on Windows Pre-installation Environment (Windows PE) can load an operating system and run AOMEI Partition Assistant under the computer. It can keep away from damage to the native operating system due to some reasons, such as your incorrect operation. It is very helpful to troubleshoot system problems and retrieve data when your computer fails to boot. Windows PE Bootable media enables you to start a system for the purposes of recovery and deployment. It boosts the PC directly into memory, which lets you take out the Windows PE media after the system boots. Once you booted your system into Windows PE, you can reformat or modify the hard disk and then copy the Windows PE source files to the hard disk.

Before you Start

Insert a blank CD/DVD or attach a USB flash drive to your computer. If you have a USB pin drive or CD/DVD, the AOMEI Partition tool will able you to make a bootable ISO file, then you can burn it to CD/DVD. In this example, a burner software that can create bootable CD/DVD) is needed.

How to make a bootable WinPE media?

First, Install AOMEI and then launch AOMEI Partition Assistant. Select Make Bootable Media in the left panel.

Make Bootable media wizard, confirm the operation you are going to do, and then select next to continue.

AOMEI Partition Assistant makes a bootable wizard will automatically detect either your system has installed Windows AIK/ADK or not. If yes, then follow the next step. If not, then download and install Windows AIK/ADK.
There are three ways to make bootable media based on Windows PE.
Burn to CD/DVD: You can create a bootable CD/DVD.
USB Boot Device: You can create a bootable USB Device.
Export ISO File: Make a bootable ISO file.
Select one of them according to your needs and then select the Proceed button. Here we take a USB flash drive for instance.
Note: Add Drivers option, permit you to manually add additional drivers into the bootable media.

The USB pin drive needs to be formatted and all your data on it will erase. If there is any important data, please take a backup and redo the process. Click Yes.

It will take a few minutes to create WinPE bootable USB drive.

Select the driver and then click Ok.

Read the information and click yes.

WinPE bootable media successfully created, click finish.

Note:
AOMEI Partition Assistant will detect & combine all mandatory drivers of the current OS automatically. When the progress starts a few seconds, there will be a pop-up window with the list of these drivers.
To boot from the Windows PE CD/DVD or USB flash disk, you need to enter into system BIOS and then change boot order under Boot Menu.

07/08/2023
How to Merge Partitions using AOMEI Partition Assistant

This post shows you how to merge partitions using AOMEI partition assistant. We will have a look on how to merge disk unallocated space into one or merge two partitions into one partition to increase the size of the destination partition.

Why do you want to merge partitions?

To merge partitions is to unite two or more partitions together. You may need to merge partitions when One of your partitions is running low space while the other partitions are just about empty.
There are some partitions on the hard drive and you need to get a lesser number of partitions so as to make it easy to manage them.

You can merge partitions with Windows built-in Disk Management settings. However, you need to delete the other partition earlier merging since the Disk Management tool cannot directly resize the partition. Fortunately, there is an AOMEI Partition Assistant tool that can merge your partitions without deleting other partitions in advance.

Before you start

You can only merge two partitions at one time, and the two partitions must be adjoining. However, you can merge 2 or more parts of unallocated space into one partition.
You cannot merge a system boot drive into a data partition but you can merge a data partition into a system boot drive.
You cannot merge the System Reserved partition.
Boot partition or System partition cannot be merged with the front partition.
Partitions lay on different hard drives that can’t be merged.
Merge 2 nearly full partitions are not recommended for might cause data loss. Through the most merging of partitions is for getting additional free space, thus merge two partitions has no use.

How to merge?

The followings article is to merge two partitions and merge unallocated space into one partition. Please select the right one according to your need.
Download AOMEI Partition Assistant in order to follow the steps.

Merge unallocated space into a partition

Install AOMEI Partition Assistant and then launch it. In this instance, there is an unallocated space after C: partition. Choose the partition (here is an example C:) where you need to merge unallocated space to and then choose to Merge Partitions under the partition operations menu.

Merge partition window pop-up, select the check box of which is in front of the unallocated space, and then select the OK button to continue. In this instance, you cannot define the target partition because by default the system partition C is selected as the target partition and there is no other option.

You can view the changes and then select the apply button to save the changes.

Select proceed.

Select ok.

Merging partition is in progress

Resizing partition

AOMEI resize partition progress

Select Restart Now

Now you can see the partition size.

Merge two partitions into one

Open AOMEI Partition Assistant, select the partition (here is E:) which I want to merge, and then select Merge Partitions from the left side menu.

In the Merge Partition wizard, choose the partition (here is E:) check box, select the target partition (F:) And then choose the OK button to continue. In this instance, all the data on partition F will be transferred into E: drive.

Click Apply on the toolbar.

Merge Partition window, click on proceed.

Select OK.

Click ok

Now you can see.

Related: Resize Partition using AOMEI Partition

Related: Create Partition using AOMEI Partition

07/08/2023