Windows Backup and Restore
Windows Backup and Restore (formerly Windows Backup and Restore Center) is a component of Microsoft Windows introduced in Windows Vista and included in later versions that allow users to create backups and restore from backups created earlier.
Cost / License
- Free
- Proprietary
Platforms
- Windows
Features
- Schedule Backup
- Incremental Backup
- File Versioning
- Bundled with Windows
- Multiple languages
Windows Backup and Restore News & Activities
Recent News
- POX published news article about Windows Backup and Restore
Microsoft says it won't let you remove the Windows Backup app for Windows 10 and 11Microsoft has recently launched a Windows Backup app for both Windows 10 and Windows 11, which is a...
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Windows Backup and Restore information
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What is Windows Backup and Restore?
Windows Backup and Restore (formerly Windows Backup and Restore Center) is a component of Microsoft Windows introduced in Windows Vista and included in later versions that allow users to create backups and restore from backups created earlier. It is a replacement of NTBackup, which was included in previous Windows versions. It became a deprecated feature in Windows 8 before being completely removed in Windows 8.1 in favor of File History. However, in Windows 10, it was re-incorporated into the operating system.
Let Windows choose what to back up, or pick individual folders, libraries, and drives yourself. Windows can back up files on whatever schedule you choose—just set it and forget it.
You can back up to another drive or a DVD too.
Comments and Reviews
If you make partitions on your drive with software other than Microsoft like I used to do, you probably should make at least one system image ..lest you are greeted with a denial at time of system repair. The image will be a sort of cloaked compressed drive clone spacehog brick that will neither show its included files nor update, but it should work for you if the system crashes. Mine took like 3 hours and compressed to about 31% the size of all the data on the drive. After you make the image, copy it somewhere. If you are using a new drive, I recommend using slow format. That first image became quickly corrupted somehow. From there I recommend an incremental backup system and a restore disk/usb.