Detailed explanation of Vista disk mirroring tools

Relative to Northon Ghost, first from the mirror size, Vista generated a mirror image of 6 G, and Ghost Mirror is about 3 G, is half the former. Again on the speed, Vista backup and restore process and ghost gap is not large, spend 3 minutes, also acceptable. However, with the use of software and the usage of poor resources, Vista mirroring function can only be said to be a chicken. Think about it only if you don't have any backup tools available at hand.

Vista Full PC Backup tool Introduction

As you all know, there is a backup tool in all previous versions of the Windows operating system that allows you to back up all the files on your hard disk. There is also one such tool in Windows Vista. But slightly different, in the standard Backup tool, Windows Vista also contains a disk mirroring tool, called "Full PC Backup (Complete pc)".

This tool can create a mirrored file that contains the structure and contents of the hard disk file. If you've used Northon ghost or Acronis True Image, it's easy to understand what kind of software Vista's full PC Backup tool is.

It is important to note that the backup type created by the full PC Backup tool cannot be used to recover a single file-only the entire contents of the disk can be recovered. For this reason, Microsoft recommends that even if you use a full PC backup backup, you still need to use standard backup tools in your day-to-day operations. Another point to note is that the full PC Backup and Recovery tool is not included in Windows Vista Home Basic or the Windows Vista Home Premium version.

Create a partition mirror

The following are simple backup steps:

1. Type back in the Start menu, the system automatically searches for 2 related menus, and we choose to use the first "Backup and Restore Center";

2. Open the backup and Recovery center and select the second of these to "Back up your computer (backup Your Computer)";

3. Select the location where the backup file is saved, which supports direct burning, but is not recommended based on the poor compatibility of the Windows Burn tools in previous versions;

4. Select the disk partition that needs to be backed up, select the disk partition of Vista system by default and not cancel;

5. Start Backup;

6. Backup completed.

7. You can see the backup information that you just created in the Backup and Recovery Center.

Vista Recovery Mirror support 2 ways, one is to install a dual operating system, the boot when the F8 key into the Options menu to operate, the other is to use the Vista installation CD to restore, here we introduce the second method.

1. Start computer from CD, select "Repair computer (Repair your computer)";

2. The hotfix automatically looks for the installed Vista system on the disk;

3. Select "Windows Full PC Restore (Windows Complete pc Restore)";

4. Enter the System Recovery Wizard (restore your entire computer from backup), if only once, then the system defaults to this backup, if there are more than one backup, you need to manually select, then click "Select another Backup" (Restore A different backup) ";

5. If there are multiple backup mirrors, choose here;

6. Confirm that the recovery information is correct, you can choose "Repartition and format the disk (format and repartition disks)", but note that this will repartition the disk and format it, be careful! The system will reconfirm the recovery;

7. Start mirroring recovery, and automatically restart after completion, the entire recovery process is over.

Relative to Northon Ghost, first from the mirror size, Vista generated a mirror image of 6 G, and Ghost Mirror is about 3 G, is half the former. Again on the speed, Vista backup and restore process and ghost gap is not large, spend 3 minutes, also acceptable. However, with the use of software and the usage of poor resources, Vista mirroring function can only be said to be a chicken. Think about it only if you don't have any backup tools available at hand.