Hard Disk Image Backup SoftwareImage backup is a process of creating a logical image that transfers a copy of logical-level drive content written into a special file. Handy Backup allows making both Linux and Windows image backup, as well as saving data drive images either from inside a working OS or directly via a USB recovery drive. Complete AutomationHandy Backup fully automates image backup, from making a disk image to using additional tools such as versioned backup to scheduling disk image backup by time (for a repeating interval from a minute to some months) or by a system event. Feel free with Handy Backup! Fast System RestorationUnlike file-based backup which requires reinstalling operating system and all apps manually, hard drive image backup drastically reduces both time and efforts required for restoration. You can use Handy Backup as both automatic disk image backup software and as a HDD restore utility. Hard Disk CloningYou can effectively utilize disk image backup software for hard drive cloning purposes. For example, you can restore one image backup to several computers to set up multiple identical systems. This is a viable solution for administering server arrays and clusters, heterogeneous networks etc. Recommended SolutionVersion 8.1.1, built on 16 December, 2019 . 106 MB
Backup Software from Novosoft LLC. 89 USD per license. To create HDD image backup, or take advantage of hard disk cloning, you need Professional edition, or higher. Free 30-days trial version with all functions available! Note that the Disk Image backup plug-in allows making not only an image of a full drive but also can write a partition image. To use it properly, please follow the next instruction: - Open Handy Backup. Create a new backup task. Do not worry now about simple or advanced modes.
- On Step 2, click onto the Disk Image plug-in in the Disk Clone group.
- Mark a checkbox next to a name of the disk or partition image that you want to back up.
Attention! The full drive image file (located in the Physical drive folder) is used to access all HDD data, i.e. it also includes all objects from the Partitions folder. Therefore, please select no partitions! - After finishing data selection, click OK. Selected drives and partitions for image backup will appear in the Backup Set pane of the New Task Wizard.
- Continue creating a task as described in the User Manual. You can set up versioning, scheduling. Data encryption or call for external software before or after an image backup task.
With functions of image backup, Handy Backup can operate as local PC and server backup software in Windows and Linux. Try it by downloading a latest version for a 30-day free trial! Version CompatibilityThe Disk Image plug-in creates a binary image file for a logical or physical drive or for a partition. You can restore image backup at any time using either the Handy Backup restoration task (for non-system drives) or the Disaster Recovery utility to restore the HDD image backup from scratch. Here, the term "non-system drive" applies exclusively for all drives except your main system drive (e.g. a disk or a partition containing an OS that governs running of Handy Backup). This means that you can restore an inactive system drive image backup to an original disk without hesitation! The System Recovery Plug-inAlternative hard drive image backup software is the System Recovery plug-in. This tool can save only an entire hard drive image backup, but it does it in a comprehensible, readable VHD format, allowing you not only restoring a HDD image backup but also browsing it or using it for a virtual machine! The System Recovery plug-in does not protect your hard drive image backup from modifications as a virtual drive (this is a deliberate solution allowing using these VHD files as sources for experimenting and cloning)! Therefore, you can lose a consistency of the HDD image backup by writing something on it! Restoring an Image BackupTo restore the hard drive image backup to its original place, or to clone disk image backup to another HDD, you can use an automated restoration task created and scheduled by Handy Backup by just the same way as for backup tasks. Caveat! Since disk-based approach to backups provides the most effective data protection against operating system crashes, hardware failures, and other disasters, it is highly recommended for both home and business environments. In the next video instruction, you will learn how to create a hard drive image backup using the local Handy Backup solution. This is a simple task. We will make an image backup by using Handy Backup itself. We will place an image on a drive connected to our machine but not on a system drive, which we will scratch during restoration. Try Handy Backup as your trusted disk image backup software by downloading the latest version and
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