With Nero BackItUp you can carry out drive backups. In contrast to file backups, drive backups restore programs and operating systems when restoring.   
It is not possible to update a drive backup.
The first step is selecting a drive to back up.
The next step is to select a target where to save the backup. You can save the backup on your hard drive or removable data media, burn them to a disc or use an online storage. When you back up a drive, the backup file is usually quite large. If you burn the backup to disc, you will usually require multiple discs. The first backup disc is always a bootable disc. If you do not burn the backup to disc, it is still quite useful to create a bootable disc so that you can start the computer (and the drive restore) from CD/DVD in the event of an emergency.
At last you can make settings according to your preferences.

 

 
 
Administrator rights
You must have administrator rights in order to back up and restore hard drives and partitions.
 
 
To backup drives, proceed as follows:
1.
Click the Backup > Drive Backup menu.
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The Drive backup – Select drives or partitions screen is displayed. 
2.
Select the check box preceding the drive or the partition that you want to add to the backup. Select a folder in the left to show the information in the right.
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The selected drives or partitions are added to the backup. 
3.
Click the  Nero BackItUp next24 389993739 Backing Up Drives button.
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The Drive Backup – Select targets screen is displayed. 
4.
Click the icon that represents your desired target and specify the target in the drop-down menu.
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Click the Browse button to specify the chosen target path.
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If you want to back up to different targets, click the Add target button and repeat the two previous steps.
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Click the  Nero BackItUp next24 389993739 Backing Up Drives button.
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The Drive Backup – Configure your backup screen is displayed (see Backup Settings Screen).
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Select a backup name in the Backup name field.
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If you want to schedule this backup or run it on a regular basis:
1.
Select the backup schedule type in the Time schedule drop-down menu.
2.
Click the Edit button.
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The Define your time schedule window is opened. 
3.
Select the start date and other time settings adequate to your backup schedule.
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Configure other settings as desired in the Options area.
11.
If necessary specify additional settings in the Expert Options area (see Expert Options Overview).
12.
Click the  Nero BackItUp backup now24 389988107 Backing Up Drives button.
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The drive backup is carried out and the final screen is displayed. You can follow the process status in the status bar.

Backing Up Drives