With Nero BackItUp ImageTool you can restore a drive backup. The hard drive is not active during the restore since Nero BackItUp ImageTool is booted from CD/DVD. This provides greater security in comparison to restoring with Nero BackItUp under Windows. However, Drive backup restore cannot be used to select individual files in the drive backup – the drive is restored completely. If you want to select individual files, choose the Extract files from backup feature.
To restore a hard drive or partition, proceed as follows:
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- Click the Restore > Drive backup restore button.
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- The Please select the backup to restore screen is displayed.
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- Make the backup available:
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- If the backup is located on a disc, insert the disc in a drive.
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- If the backup has been saved to hard drive, network drive, or removable medium, ensure that your computer has access to the respective drive.
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- Select a backup. If the backup you want to restore is not displayed, click the Browse button to search for it.
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- The details of the backup are displayed in the area below.
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- If the backup is password protected, enter the password in the Password input field.
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- Click the Next button.
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- The Please select what you want to restore screen is displayed. The backed up hard drive with all partitions or the backed up partition of the hard drive is displayed. Partitions that are not backed up are grayed out.
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- Select the hard drive or partition that you want to restore.
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- If the hard drive or partition to be restored contains an operating system and you want the operating system to be booted when the computer starts, enable the Master Boot Record check box in order to restore the MBR.
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- Click the Next button.
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- The Please select where you want to restore screen is displayed.
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- If you want to restore the backup to the original path, select the Restore to original path option button.
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- If you want to specify the path on which the backup will be restored yourself, select the Restore to custom path option button.
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- Click the Next button.
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- The Please check the restore setting screen is displayed.
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- Click the Restore Now button.
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- The restore is carried out and the final screen is displayed. You can follow the process status in the task bar.
| Master Boot Record MBR |
The Master Boot Record (MBR) is located in the hard drive’s first sector. It contains a boot file that starts the operating system. It also defines the drive’s partitioning.