How to Perform a Bare-Metal Backup and Recovery (Part 1 of 2)

Windows 7 Forums uses Paragon Backup & Recovery 10 to demonstrate why it is always better to perform a bare-metal backup, as opposed to a live backup using Windows Backup or other products. This demo explains how to perform a bare-metal backup and restore in a two part series.

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[seikopatel]

Mike, you have it wrong. Bare Metal is not what you explain. Please don't make videos like this when you dont know what bare metal restore is.

[Windows7Forums]

@seikopatel There are no requirements for installed software or operating system and so it absolutely is a bare metal backup and restore.

[zync3008]

i have a question

recently i had an windows update (i got windows 7 ultimate) and it said that windows 7 expire in 14 days and said something about backup and i got lost

i was wanting to use a blank CD-R 80-min 700mb but then said

"the service cannot be started, either because it is disabled or because it has no enabled devices associated with is. (0x80070422)"

please help and thank you :)

[Windows7Forums]

@zync3008 Ensure your copy of Windows 7 is genuine and do not use Windows Backup. Look into purchasing a commercial backup solution. While it will cost additional money, it will be a superior type of restore. You can disable Windows Backup notifications in the Action Center at the bottom right hand corner of the screen.

[zync3008]

thank you very much!!!

what if i dont backup?

what will happen to my Laptop?

[Windows7Forums]

@zync3008 Well if you don't back up your stuff on occasion, your liable to a system failure, eventually. Without proper maintenance, every system breaks down over time. Every type of system - not just computers. So it would be wise to maintain regular backups. Newer hard drives are a bit more reliable. They are solid state drives, but are very expensive right now. Hard drives have the most moving parts in a system, so that is why those failures happen often.

[littleBIGsackboy1112]

htis sucks :P

[noumman]

HI i am experiencing a problem with restore, i have connected my external hard drive to my laptop,I took my C drive backup along with MBR to drive I, then I restored that backup to drive F(which is my first external drive partition and active), when i tried to boot my laptop from external hard drive it loads windows for a little while and a blue screen comes and quickly restarts itself, am I doing something wrong here?? please advise