Windows 7 and Windows 8 include the ability to create a system image that can be used to restore your computer's hard drives back to the exact state they were in when you created the backup. This ...

Sam McCurry wisely created an image backup of his internal drive. Now he wants to know how that backup can help him should Windows fail to boot. An image backup copies the complete contents of your ...

If you're in the market for an external hard drive to use for backing up your Windows 7 computer, you might be asking how much space you need. Microsoft recommends a hard drive with at least 200 ...

Robert wants to know if Windows 7’s built-in backup program is worth using. Microsoft has a history of bundling really bad backup programs with their operating systems. The company has been accused of ...

Easeus Todo Backup is faster and simpler than the disk-imaging component of Windows 7's Backup and Restore applet. Dennis O'Reilly began writing about workplace technology as an editor for Ziff-Davis' ...

The Windows NT Backup Restore Utility for Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2 will help you restore backups made on Windows XP and Windows Server 2003, to computers that are running Windows 7 and ...

PowerShell recovery scripts using WBAdmin no longer work in Windows 11, but VHDX mounting offers a manual workaround for restoring files. I recently wrote an article in which I walked you through the ...

It wasn't one of the more publicized features, but Windows 8 actually comes with a brand-new backup feature called File History, that works similar to Apple's Time Machine: It automatically backs up ...

Your backup operation using the Windows Backup and Restore Tool may fail in Windows desktop or Windows Server operating system, if the file path length is longer than 260 characters. If you face such ...

It won't do what most third-party backup solutions can, but Windows File History, a relic from Windows 8.1, does a reasonably good job of protecting Windows 10 data. When it comes to protecting data ...