Use Ubuntu's partitioning tool to back up and restore Windows XP system partitions

During Windows XP installation and use, the system may become unwanted due to incorrect operations. For example, you have installed an inappropriate driver, installed unnecessary patches, viruses or Trojans, and installed malware. In addition, it is difficult to restore to the original state. Serious problems may also cause system paralysis or failure to start. Therefore, many friends know that it is best to back up the Windows XP system and restore it to the backup state when necessary. Here I will introduce a partition tool for using another Ubuntu operating system for backup and recovery.

During Windows XP installation and use, the system may become unwanted due to incorrect operations. For example, you have installed an inappropriate driver, installed unnecessary patches, viruses or Trojans, and installed malware. In addition, it is difficult to restore to the original state. Serious problems may also cause system paralysis or failure to start.

Therefore, many friends know that it is best to back up the Windows XP system and restore it to the backup state when necessary. Here I will introduce a method to back up and restore the Windows XP system using another Ubuntu partition tool.

Ubuntu is a relatively easy-to-use Linux operating system, which can be obtained free of charge from its official website. It can be installed on the hard disk and Windows XP to form a dual system, or separately installed on the mobile hard disk. Whether it's a dual system or Ubuntu installed on a mobile hard disk, you can do a lot of things, including the backup and restoration Windows XP system I will introduce here.

Start with the question. Use Ubuntu to back up Windows XP as follows:

After you start your computer with Ubuntu, use the partition tool GParted (if there is no GParted, you can immediately install it on see http://www.linuxidc.com/Linux/2011-02/32525.htm and http://www.linuxidc.com/Linux/2011-05/35690.htm ). First, you may need to adjust the partition to free up a space of the same size as the Windows XP system partition for backing up the entire Windows XP system partition. If there is a large mobile hard disk, it is best to back up the Windows XP system partition on the mobile hard disk. What is the partition size of your Windows XP system? By the way, it is better to reduce the partition size of the XP system when www.linuxidc.com is actually working on the system, you can set TEMP environment variables, virtual memory, Internet temporary files, my documents, buffers and download directories of various software to another partition, so that the system partition does not need to be too large. My XP system partition is only 10 Gb. After free up space, you can create a "backup partition" with the same size as the Windows XP system partition ". Right-click the Windows XP system partition and select copy. Right-click Backup partition and select Paste. Then, click Application to start backup, wait until the operation is completed.

If you need to recover the Windows XP system, copy the "backup partition" to the Windows XP system partition.

Also, it is best to set "backup partition" to "Hide partition. You can use GParted's "manage flag" function to set the settings.