 How to configure data backup, create a backup copy and restore Windows Server to a previous condition. By default, the backup feature is not installed for the server version of Windows. To add it, open the Start menu, find and launch Server Manager. Scan the list for Windows Server Backup to configure automatic backup on Skittle, open Backup Skittle. Choose backup time and how often you want it to run. In order to restore Windows Server to a previous state, open Server Manager, Tools, and restore Server Backup. Select the data from which server should be recovered. If certain information is lost because your Windows Server operating system crashed and there is no backup to restore it from, use a third-party data recovery tool – Hetman Partition Recovery.