Backup and Restore


  1. motim
    Posts : 109
    Windows 7 Pro 32 bit
       New #1

    Backup and Restore


    Hello,
    1) I am thinking to buy an external drive to store macrium backups, since it is usb connected, and if something happens to the windows system and have to restore, there is no option in the boot sequence to boot from usb, only from hard drive or cd / dvd.
    Any ideas how to resolve this issue ?

    2) Since erasing rw cd or rw dvd with windows (it destroyed a good rw dvd as I posted before), I was lookig for some "normal" program, capable doing burning and erasing, found a free program
    "ashampoo burning studio free" here "https://www.ashampoo.com/en/usd/fdl/13/31/free/2" and would like to ask your opinion (if you know) about this program, before I install it.

    Answers will be much appreciated.
    Thanks
    Motim
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  3. whs
    Posts : 26,210
    Vista, Windows7, Mint Mate, Zorin, Windows 8
       New #2

    ad1) You don't boot from USB. You boot from a recovery CD thgat pulls the image from the USB attached disk.

    ad2) I know nothing about CDs. I hardly ever use them and I never erase them.
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

  4. mjf
    Posts : 5,969
    Windows 7x64 Home Premium SP1
       New #3

    When you insert a USB device (eg.USB flash drive) I would expect your BIOS would see it as a potential boot option.

    When you create a Macrium system image on an external USB HDD this stores the image and is not a bootable rescue media. You need to create a separate bootable media (CD/DVD/USB flash drive). This will then allow you to browse to your external HDD which contains the system image.
    Creating rescue media - KnowledgeBase - Macrium Reflect Knowledgebase
      My Computer
    Quote Quote

 

  Related Discussions
My questions are on Windows 7 System Restore, Restore Points and Backups; specifically, potentially using a Backup as a Permanent Restore Point. Here is the situation... About a month ago, I did a complete Factory Restore on my HP desktop and returned it to it's factory condition. After...
I periodically backup my data files which is on another hard drive than WIN7 OS so this backup is not a system image. Every time I do a backup I do a restore to a dummy partition to double check the backup was successful. Anyway, I recently tried to restore my backup from March 2014 & the backup...
I've used Windows Backup and Restore successfully on many occasions but I now get the error "0x81000037: Windows Backup failed while trying to read from the shadow copy on one of the volumes being backed up" and I don't understand it. I've spent hours researching this issue and cannot seem to...
Hi, New to this forum. I am using Win7 Backup and Restore, along with a Seagate external drive for my backup needs. I backup every week, and have been using it for about 1 year. I see the backups happening each week, but I've never had the need to restore anything. For the first time, I've...
Hi: I have a Win 7 Enterprise Pro x64 laptop. Most of the files in my recycler/recycle bin mysteriously disappeared a few days back (I am guessing some OS quirk since desktop.ini also seems to have been modified then, though everything is still running smoothly). So I want to get those files...
Our Sites
Site Links
About Us
Windows 7 Forums is an independent web site and has not been authorized, sponsored, or otherwise approved by Microsoft Corporation. "Windows 7" and related materials are trademarks of Microsoft Corp.

 © Designer Media Ltd
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 17:30.
Find Us