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This is the most helpful tool that would really get your worries away about your computer. I will site some questions and later on, I will answer them so we will understand the beauty of how to backup and restore your computer.
What is backup your computer? Why do we need to backup our computer? What are its benefits for backing up? What does restoration mean? How will I backup and then restore my computer using the backup I made?
Backup means to save all the settings of your computer in drive C which means all of your files including system settings, My Documents and other folders from drive C will be saved. It’s like saving your game in a memory card wherein you saved it because you don’t have any failure or got beaten by enemies, in short a checkpoint.
Backing up your computer is so very helpful for it will save the whole drive C including the operating system. This is indeed necessary to use this tool to prevent loss of your data and to save settings of your computer. It can also remove the virus in your drive C.
*Note: Backup your computer while it’s in good condition. Don’t backup if virus has already infiltrated your system.
I’ve made this article on how to backup and restore your computer to help you guys out there because I’ve experienced some difficulties for not backing up my computer and maybe this was also your problem probably. I was so ignorant and saying that I don’t need backup because I can reformat my computer anyway if there is a system error or to get rid of virus.
One time it happened to me that I didn’t notice virus has invaded my computer because my brother used his flash drive and inserted it without my knowledge. He directly opened it without scanning. There were so many virus from that FD which he used in an internet shop.
I was so angry with my brother for not asking me if it’s ok to use his FD. And I thought to myself “I can get along with this. All I need is to reformat my computer.” I knew it will take a long process to reformat a computer because after the process, you will need to install necessary programs like browsers, MS Word and others.
And then I began to research how to backup and restore your computer. I’ve already heard it but I don’t know how to apply. After some research I applied it after the reformatting of my computer and installed the programs.
I find it really helpful because there was a time that my browsers began to crash not knowing what’s the cause and I was totally mad. I find some solutions in the internet how to fix those crashes. I applied it but nothing happens. So I tried to restore my computer settings using backup I made and what happens really got me amazed. There were no crashes at all. Not even that “Aw, Snap!” I can see.
So this is why I made this article for you guys to apply it and save your time by backing your computer up. This is the process of how to backup and restore your computer.
**Screenshots for Backing up your Computer:
1. Click the Start button then select Control Panel.
2. Under the System and Security, select Back up your computer.
3. Then select Create a system image from the left portion.
4. By default, it’s drive D. Just make it sure you have enough space for your backup. It will prompt error if your drive doesn’t have enough space. The exact amount of space required will depend of the programs you installed in your computer. Apparently you can select the drive you want and if you have an external hard disk, you can save it there. Just hit Next if you already decided the destination of your backup .
5. Hit Start backup.
6. It will usually take an hour to finish the backup process. *Note: Don’t run programs or games because it will slow the process or even worst, it will lead to hanging up the computer. But you can open your browsers and open social networking sites.
**Screenshots for Restoring your Computer Settings using Backup Files:
7. Repeat steps 1 and 2 from Backing up your computer process, then click Recover system settings or your computer.
8. Then click Advance recovery methods.
9. Select the first option: Use a system image you created earlier to recover your computer.
10. Then press Skip. Your computer will restart and it will start the system restore process.
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