Backup Your Entire PC Using Windows 7

1. Make sure you have your External USB drive for backup has been plugged in and you can find it in the Windows Explorer.

2. Click on Start button => Maintenance => Backup and Restore

3. Click on Set up backup

4.Next is selection of where you want to save your backup.  Choose the external backup hard disk drive and click on Next.

5. Next’s what you want to be backed up. Next choose Let me choose button and click Next.

6. What you want to backup, check on all the boxes under Computer except for the external backup hard disk drive (This will backup everything on your PC) .

7. Next screen shows the review page. Take note of all the information and make sure that it is all correct ie. Backup Location and Backup Summary contains all the drive except for the backup drive. Click on Save settings and run backup and your backup will start running.

 

NOTE: You can also click on Change Schedule to set a regular backup.  Note also the exclamation mark right below which states “A system repair disc might be required to restore a system image”. This means, in case you need to recover from backup, you will need to have this media ready. You can get it from HERE for restoring your Windows 7 32bit or HERE for restoring your Windows 7 64bit version. To which version is your, simply click on Start button, right-click on Computer and click Properties. Under System category you will see System Type, either 32 or 64-bit.