{"id":33684,"date":"2020-12-10T19:00:22","date_gmt":"2020-12-10T15:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/?p=33684"},"modified":"2024-01-04T14:26:45","modified_gmt":"2024-01-04T10:26:45","slug":"image-backup-and-recovery","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.msp360.com\/resources\/blog\/image-backup-and-recovery\/","title":{"rendered":"System Image Backup and Recovery Guide"},"content":{"rendered":"

What Is System Image Backup?<\/h2>\n

System image backup<\/a> is a backup technique that allows to copy all drives of the computer and the state of its operating system at a given point in time and allows it to recover that computer to this state.
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System image backup works as follows:<\/p>\n

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  1. Backup software creates a copy of selected drives.<\/li>\n
  2. If the drive contains several partitions, each partition is then saved as a single file, an image.<\/li>\n
  3. The software adds a copy of a boot sector and drive configuration data to images.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    While Microsoft generally calls that backup technique system image backup, <\/b>many backup vendors (including MSP360) and users tend to name it image-based backup<\/a>.<\/b><\/p><\/blockquote><\/div>\n

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    System image backup solutions can be helpful in cases of hardware or software failure, disaster recovery, or any malware attack. Speaking of less disastrous situations, you may need system image backup if you would like to switch to different hardware keeping the same system settings and configuration.<\/p>\n

    The greatest advantage of system image backup is a faster recovery <\/b>of entire systems. The faster you restore your data, the sooner you can get back to business operations. (Check out our article to learn more about common backup recovery mistakes<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

    System Image-based backup is actively used to backup and recover the production servers to enhance the recovery time and recovery point objectives<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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    System Image Recovery Options<\/h2>\n

    There are three options to recover a system from an image-based backup:<\/p>\n